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Monuments' writer-director Jack C. Newell on scripting grief for the screen

August 31, 2021

For Monuments writer-director Jack C. Newell, it was sticking to the script and dialogue exactly as it was written for his film, leaving zero room for improv, which proved to be a challenge.

5 Screenwriting Takeaways: 'Reservation Dogs' is an engrossing dramedy of long-overdue firsts

August 31, 2021

Reservation Dogs is a historic, unique and highly watchable show. It’s the first series in U.S. television history with an all-Native writers' room and a Native showrunner. It’s a genuine look at young lives lived on Native territory with the simulta...

Write On with 'Ted Lasso' Co-Creator Brendan Hunt

August 28, 2021

Brendan Hunt, who plays Coach Beard on the hit show Ted Lasso, talked to Write On about writing the second season of the series along with his co-creators Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, and Joe Kelly: "I think we were very fortunate that we had our f...

Ted Bundy is 'No Man of God'

August 27, 2021

Theodore Robert Bundy, best known as Ted Bundy, is perhaps the most profiled serial killer in the media. There have been Bundy movies, television series, shorts, podcasts, and documentaries since his reign of terror during the late 1970s. On Friday, ...

5 Screenwriting Takeaways: ‘The Defeated’ looks at the chaos of a surrendered nation

August 27, 2021

The year is 1946. The most destructive war in history has concluded and Berlin, the epicenter of the Third Reich, lays in ruin. There are countless stories of men and women sacrificing their time, freedoms and lives to help save the world from tyrann...

Writer-director Scott Boswell explores the dynamics of a grieving family in 'A Wake'

August 26, 2021

After Mitchel’s death, each of his family members cope and grieve in their own way. They prepare for a wake that’ll help them remember him, but unexpected guests and conversations push the family further away from their lost loved one.

History of TV: How Netflix's 'Narcos' reinvigorated the Pablo Escobar saga

August 26, 2021

The end of summer 2015 started with a bang when Netflix debuted its latest original series Narcos. Fresh off Walter White’s coattails, the (true) crime series appealed to audience fascination with the far-reaching consequences of the drug trade. Or r...

Write On with ‘POSE’ Writer-Producer Our Lady J

August 26, 2021

Our Lady J speaks to Write On about the challenges of creating a show like POSE. "Writing a lot of these storylines for POSE was challenging for my mental health because they were so triggering of experiences that were really hurtful to me and experi...

Maximillano Contenti on making Uruguay's first slasher film, 'The Last Matinee'

August 26, 2021

A group of innocent moviegoers is about to receive the up-close thrill of a lifetime as a murderer takes up real estate inside an old cinema in The Last Matinee. Maximiliano Contenti’s latest film is a love letter to horror from screams to screen. Af...