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Sins of the father run deep in Cannes critical darling 'A Chiara'
Fifteen-year-old Chiara watches with envy as her father Claudio dances with her older sister. Grecia is celebrating her eighteenth birthday in their family home, nestled right in the middle of the pristine village of Calabria. The guests enjoy wine a...
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All My Puny Sorrows' writer-director-producer discusses mental health
All My Puny Sorrows, a heart-wrenching drama written, produced, and directed by Michael McGowan, based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Miriam Toews, examines both the lightness and darkness that comes with depression.
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Conversations with Friends' writer-director distills the novel for TV
When it comes to adapting a novel to the screen, Conversations with Friends director and writer Lenny Abrahamson says, “I have to be fascinated by the characters. You can have an amazing and exciting story that’s a real pleasure to read but unless I ...
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Write On with 'Night Sky's' Daniel C. Connolly and Holden Miller
Photos courtesy of Strategy PR Starring Academy Award® winners J.K. Simmons and Sissy Spacek, Amazon Prime's Night Sky follows married couple Franklin (Simmons) and Irene York (Spacek), who discover a portal in their backyard that leads to a deserted...
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5 Screenwriting Takeaways: ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’
Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios Unlike any other movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has mind-bending, reality-testing plots and twists, but it also takes on a different, more horror-like style. That’s...
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History of TV: True Blood
Photo courtesy of Hulu There’s something about vampires. From Blade: The Series to Buffy, The Vampire Diaries to What We Do In the Shadows, and even more over the decades, vampire shows are a television staple. And then there is the Golden Globe® and...
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Write On with 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' writer-EP Joby Harold
Disney+ is taking us back to a galaxy far, far away with its upcoming limited series Obi-Wan Kenobi, with Ewan McGregor reprising the titular role alongside Hayden Christiansen's Darth Vader. Star Wars superfan Joby Harold explains what drew him to w...
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‘The Last Victim’: How Naveen A. Chathapuram puts his directorial stamp on neo westerns
Photo courtesy of Peach Partners The Neo Western is a new take on the wild west films that starred Clint Eastwood and John Wayne, with bad guys claiming their hold on territory and heroes with questionable morals. The go-to Neo Western filmmaker of t...
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5 Screenwriting Takeaways: 'The Flight Attendant' season two
Photo courtesy of HBO Max Season one of The Flight Attendant satisfyingly brought Cassie’s story to a conclusion while giving the show a great driving force. Cassie (Kaley Cuoco), who starts out a hot mess, awakens in bed next to a dead guy having no...
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What’s new in Final Draft 13?
WRITING GOALS &
PRODUCTIVITY STATS
Set goals and get valuable insights to take your work to the next level
TYPEWRITER
A new typewriter-like view option improves your focus
EMOJI
Craft more realistic onscreen text exchanges and make your notes more emotive
And so much more, thoughtfully designed to help unleash your creativity.
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