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  • Movie News

The Suicide Squad and the Destruction of Plot Armor

(Spoiler warning: The following contains very general spoilers about The Suicide Squad, written and directed by James Gunn, without explicitly saying…

3 years ago
  • Best Of

Hollywood Ending: Quentin Tarantino on Making Movies, Finding Love, and Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood

The first time Quentin Tarantino and I connect, he offers me an apology. "I'm not trying to be flaky," he…

5 years ago
  • Movie News

Caution Moviemakers: Directing Movies with Sensitive Subject Matter

An interesting trend has taken hold in movies over the past 25 years: Films have gotten more politically correct. There…

5 years ago
  • First Draft

First Draft: 15 Outside-the-Box Screenplays That Found Box Office Success

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. While pundits will testify to…

6 years ago
  • Movie News

First Draft: One Secret to Great Dialogue? Make Your Script’s Silences Count

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. I’ve been on both sides…

7 years ago
  • First Draft

First Draft: Rewrites Aren’t the Only Way to Improve Your Screenplay. Try Rearranging It Instead

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. We’ve all been there before.…

7 years ago
  • First Draft

First Draft: Follow These Screenwriting Steps To Steer Clear of Pesky Plot Holes

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Plot (plät)–the main events of…

7 years ago
  • Directing

Three Things Reservoir Dogs Reminds Us About Tough, Thought-Provoking On-Screen Violence

24 years ago today, Reservoir Dogs, the debut from Quentin Tarantino, was released, bringing with it a vicious wake-up call to…

8 years ago
  • Screenwriting

Slate Up: Five Screenwriting Practices You Can Learn From Quentin Tarantino

In partnership with Film Slate Magazine, we’re publishing “Slate Up,” a series with practical filmmaking advice and musings. Love him or hate…

8 years ago
  • Directing
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  • Summer 2015

10 Classic Films and What You Can Steal From Them: Courtesy of The Wolfpack

Watching movies is escape: It’s a tired cliché, but one brought hauntingly to life in first-time director Crystal Moselle’s startling…

9 years ago
  • Directing

Oliver Stone Unturned: The Natural Born Killers Director on War, Art, and Religion

A famous man's reputation is the ambassador that precedes him wherever he goes, and like every other budding director we…

29 years ago