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Write On with Josh Singer, Oscar-winning screenwriter of 'Spotlight'

December 5, 2018

“Getting in there and trying to find what’s compelling about these stories and then communicate that and grab people and bring them into the theaters…That job I love.”

Write On: Austin Film Festival Wrap Up

November 21, 2018

"[Austin Film Festival] will make you feel less alone as a writer who’s trying to break into the business. There’s wonderful networking and camaraderie here…”

Write on with David E. Talbert

November 15, 2018

Acclaimed playwright and filmmaker David E. Talbert discusses his 25-year career in theater, honing his cinematic skills by learning on the job, and how his experiences growing up influence the stories he tells. David is currently developing an origi...

Write What Makes You Nervous: Suspiria Writer David Kajganich's Advice on Screenwriting

November 10, 2018

Screenwriter David Kajganich re-imagined 1977 cult classic Suspiria as a wickedly twisted supernatural thriller. The film writhes with suspense and engulfs audiences in the bewitching crimson coven of feminine fury inhabited by actors Tilda Swinton, ...

Write On with 'A Bread Factory' Writer-Director Patrick Wang

November 6, 2018

Acclaimed writer-director Patrick Wang discusses his transition from economy major at MIT to filmmaker, how he feels his way through the editing process to find structure in his scripts, and how he used the idea of community for the one-hundred speak...

Write On with 'The Frontrunner' Executive Producer-Writer Matt Bai

October 30, 2018

Writer Matt Bai discusses his start as a journalist at New York Times Magazine, his novel All the Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid and how he later adapted his work into his new film The Frontrunner.

Hell Fest' with Gregory Plotkin and Gale Anne Hurd

October 24, 2018

While trying to avoid fright at the movies, most people cover their eyes. But according to Hell Fest director Gregory Plotkin, if you really don’t want to be scared, you should cover your ears.

HOOK' Star Dante Basco Reveals Secrets From the Set 27 Years Later

October 17, 2018

It’s been more than a quarter century since Hook, the story of grown-up Peter Pan returning to Neverland, hit theaters.

Write On: Live Horror Panel with Chris Olen Ray and Seth Sherwood

October 16, 2018

Emmy-award winning producer/director Chris Olen Ray (The First Purge, Circus Kane) and writer/director/producer Seth Sherwood (Hell Fest Movie, Light As a Feather) discuss their collective careers and share their insight on the horror genre in front ...