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Rising Through the Ranks: Sarah Crosthwaite

September 25, 2019

All The Write Moves: 'Hustlers'

September 23, 2019

Continuing the recent mini-boom in dramas about women forming criminal gangs — a trend that includes Widows and The Kitchen — filmmaker Lorene Scafaria’s latest picture, Hustlers, dramatizes real-life events that occurred in New York City, beginning ...

Weekend Movie Takeaway: The Return to 'Downton Abbey'

September 23, 2019

We often lament the lack of ‘medium-sized’ films in this space, concerned as we are that the rise of event movie blockbuster culture prevents smaller, more interesting films, from taking hold in the popular imagination. But the weekend’s box office r...

Taking Screenwriting Contests and Fellowships in Stride

September 20, 2019

When you enter a screenwriting contest, you’ll have high hopes of being discovered and lauded for your work, with visions of development meetings and possibilities of “breaking in” or finally getting noticed as a screenwriter and becoming one of thos...

The Bricks of Breaking in: Tips on Breaking in From Emmy-Nominated Writers

September 20, 2019

Photo credit: Michaell Lynn Jones Just like there are so many directions you can take a story, there are also many different paths to take when breaking in as a writer. The one common theme, whatever road you go, is that developing a career as a tele...

Rising Through the Ranks: Rachel Taff

September 18, 2019

"At the end of the day, there is no straight path."

All The Write Moves: The Terror: Infamy

September 16, 2019

Juxtaposing one of the darkest chapters in American history with traditional Japanese mythology, AMC’s limited series The Terror: Infamy offers a fresh take on small screen horror. Evocative, mysterious and unnerving, the show features customary elem...

The Weekend Movie Takeaway: TIFF Leads the Way For Film Receptions

September 16, 2019

The weekend’s box office take was very encouraging for the state of cinematic storytelling, especially stories aimed at grown-ups—a demographic it's sometimes easy to imagine the major studios forget even exist.

The Fast Five: 'Joker' Tracking for Another Mega October Opening Weekend

September 16, 2019

While the streaming wars may continue to heat up, some of the most interesting news this week was over on the film side of the industry, with one new release tracking to a potentially record breaking opening and one industry changing app calling it a...