Screenwriting
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The Great Sounds of ‘Bad Timing’
A protagonist defined more by her noises than her appearance. Director Nicolas Roeg’s Bad Timing features a performance by Theresa Russell that is defined in…
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Brushing Up On Conversation with the ‘Before’ Trilogy
Some of the talkingest films ever made (that weren’t even made by Quentin Tarantino) teach us how to talk better.
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Why Virgil Williams Changed the Ending to ‘Mudbound’
How Virgil Williams and Dee Rees made a novel into their own Oscar-worthy meditation on race in America.
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A Conversation With ‘Call Me By Your Name’ Screenwriter James Ivory
James Ivory on his long career, gay cinema and being merely the screenwriter.
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The Simple Rules Making Pixar Characters Memorable
The animation giant has an easy structure keeping its characters driven. Pixar’s current status as a franchise factory wasn’t always its primary function. There used…
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Following Through: How To Write An Engaging Action Scene
Screenwriting fundamentals impact action as much as choreography. Conversations around fight scenes are often erroneously diluted down into degrees of badassness, when many more layers…
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The Plot Twist Checklist
A toolbox for the construction of plot twists, not an instruction manual (nobody reads those anyway).
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6 Filmmaking Tips from Stan Lee
More like superhero storytelling tips, but… Excelsior!
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Why the Last 30 Seconds of ‘Prisoners’ is Perfect Storytelling
An original OPS/FSR video essay.
