john hughes

  • First Draft

First Draft: Five Must-Read Classic Holiday Movie Screenplays

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. What makes great holiday movies…

6 years ago
  • Criterion Crash Course

Criterion Crash Course: Moviemaking Lessons From Criterion’s Ghost World

Whether you’re a moviemaker, critic or devoted film collector, lovers of cinema can all agree: A Criterion Collection release is…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

High-Concept High School: The Teenage Experience Gets Universal in Ry Russo-Young’s Before I Fall

For those of us suffering fatigue from the endlessly recycled Young Adult genre, Ry Russo-Young’s adaptation of Lauren Oliver’s YA…

7 years ago
  • Directing

Breaking the Ice (Cube): How Fist Fight Director Richie Keen Survived the Most Nerve-Wracking Pitch of His Life

At 3:15 p.m. on July 1, 2015, my agent called to tell me that Ice Cube wanted to meet me…

7 years ago
  • First Draft

First Draft: How to Develop and Nurse a Theme Throughout Your Narrative

In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, we’re publishing “First Draft,” a series on everything to do with screenwriting. From academics…

8 years ago
  • Articles - Crossing the Line
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  • Crossing the Line

Crossing the Line: John Hughes, 1950 – 2009

I can't say I was a big fan of John Hughes' Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club—though, to be fair,…

15 years ago