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The Batman Matt Reeves
January 19, 2022
The Batman is informed by Matt Reeves’ reverence for conspiracy films from his 1970s childhood — including Klute, Chinatown, and…
Lucky Grandma Sasie Sealy Casino Chinatown
May 27, 2020
Lucky Grandma, directed by Sasie Sealy, follows 80-year-old Grandma Wong as she reclaims her independence following her husband’s death.
The Big Goodbye Chinatown
January 30, 2020
Sam Wasson’s book The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood, is available on Tuesday. Here is an…
March 3, 2018
The Oscar-nominated Logan deconstructs the superhero film and reinvents it to establish itself as representative of a time in which…
May 22, 2017
Your sharpest dialogue, most inspired imagery and most deftly integrated story beats should be in your midpoint as much as…
October 28, 2016
In looking for plot patterns in our scripts, we may better grasp the world we live in and in turn…
September 11, 2016
Learn surprising screenwriting structure from the plant and payoff threads that ripple through the extraordinary mosaics of The Orphanage and…
August 1, 2016
Political charged stories often only move fellow camp followers because of the writer's inability to see the human motivation beneath…
December 10, 2015
The following action structure sheet will give you an overview of the building blocks of story: the major actions and…
August 10, 2015
If you want to avoid mutiny on your set, you probably shouldn’t be reading this. That’s because the best way…