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Robert Weide has come 'Unstuck in Time': The filmmaker discusses his new Kurt Vonnegut documentary

November 17, 2021

Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time is a documentary that was decades in the making: thirty-nine years, to be exact. Or as filmmaker Robert Weide (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth) would put it: “Two-thirds of my life.”

Director Gaurav Seth on the synergy behind indie sci-fi ‘Multiverse’

November 12, 2021

There’s a certain science to art, as writer-director Gaurav Seth knows well from his working relationship with Multiverse writer Doug Taylor; a synergy of all the moving parts to make a working whole. I’m not going to pretend to know a lot about scie...

The Spine of Night' will make adult animation fans want to whip out their VHS tapes

November 12, 2021

The animated action-fantasy The Spine of Night is a major throwback and will likely feel satisfying to those who came of age in the 1980s and loved the likes of Fire and Ice and Heavy Metal. The movie is many years in the making, with the detailed ro...

Write On with 'Ron's Gone Wrong' Co-Writer/Director Sarah Smith

November 12, 2021

The animated adventure comedy is the story of Barney, an awkward middle-schooler, and Ron, his new walking, talking, digitally-connected device voiced by Zach Galifianakis. "When I start a film… I need to know the big idea,” Co-Writer/Director Sarah ...

History of TV: Why 'Girlfriends' are the best friends

November 11, 2021

In September 2000, audiences were introduced to Girlfriends' Joan Clayton (Tracee Ellis Ross), Maya Denise Wilkes (Golden Brooks), Lynn Ann Searcy (Persia White), and Antoinette “Toni” Marie Childress Garrett (Jill Marie Jones), along with Monica Cha...

How 'Kate' writer Umair Aleem took an unconventional route to become a screenwriter

November 11, 2021

The plot is high concept: A female assassin has 24 hours to find the person who poisoned her and seek vengeance. But while the lone warrior fighting against an onslaught of thugs and powerful people isn’t necessarily a new concept, Kate — a Netflix o...

How 'Apex' writer-director Edward Drake started his career writing for Bruce Willis

November 11, 2021

“It’s Mr. Magoo meets Predator,” writer-director Edward Drake says of his new film Apex. That was the pitch behind his third film with Bruce Willis, not including the three more in post-production and slated to come out within the next year or so.

Write On with 'Doogie Kameāloha, M.D.' Showrunner Kourtney Kang

November 10, 2021

Kourtney talks rebooting the beloved TV classic Doogie Howser, M.D. but with a twist for Disney+: "I think in this day and age, folks get excited about IP; they just do. [It's] something solid that everybody can believe in. What I was then tasked wit...

5 Screenwriting Takeaways: Netflix’s ‘On The Verge’ Gives Comedic Voice to Middle Age

November 9, 2021

Julie Delpy’s new Netflix show On The Verge is a tale of determination. In all of her recent press interviews, Delpy (who created and stars in the show) speaks of how hard it was to get off the ground. She told The New York Times that financiers and ...