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Silence of the Lambs invites a close viewing. Here are 13 Silence of the Lambs details you may have missed,…

Austin Film Festival’s annual Screenwriters to Watch list has predicted the rise of today’s most celebrated screenwriters and filmmakers. In

Forever creator Mara Brock Akil always wanted to be a writer. What she didn’t know, at first, was how to…

Screenplay advice from Michael Klug, writer, critic, actor and all-around movie nerd on how to avoid a long list of…

We interviewed Will Beall, a former cop who is now a screenwriter behind the new Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F…

Director Sam Fox writes about how she broke through as a storyteller when she embraced her inner weirdo.

Charlie Kaufman WGA Awards Speech: The Eternal Sunshine screenwriter told writers to reject box office numbers and write for the…

Finding Nemo can teach us a lot about change, and screenwriting, says Haley Bartels, in this informative piece on the…

Rao Meka is a software engineer arrives in Hollywood determined to succeed — and doesn’t let a setback stop him.…

The screenwriter might be the last person you’re thinking about walking out of a movie theater. Nonetheless, it is the

This list of screenwriting competitions will help you spend your valuable time writing, not researching screenplay contests.

The 2021 Academy Nicholl Fellows have one thing in common: Their scripts are filled with emotion. We spoke with the…

Don't Look Up sparks online debate and we revisit when another filmmaker took on critics in the '70s. Jockey star…

Jockey co-writers Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley have worked together for 10 years. Here they explore what goes into a…

Our guest editor, Passing writer-director Rebecca Hall explores the screenwriting, development, production, post-production and distribution of her latest

Oscar-winner John Ridley returns with Needle in a Timestack, a sci-fi adaptation starring Leslie Odom Jr. and Orlando Bloom, that…

Two trips to FÃ¥rö island inspired Mia Hansen-Løve and her latest Bergman Island, which stars Vicky Krieps and Tim Roth…

Valdimir Jóhannsson and Sjón developed Lamb for a decade, never compromising their vision of a quiet horror film where the…

Coverfly head of product Mitch Lusas on how "nichification"Â of content is driving demand for new ways of finding writers in…
Adapting fiction from independent presses and publishers is a viable possibility for many independent filmmakers in need of story.

We asked top screenwriting competitions three simple questions in order to help you understand what screenwriting compeitions want — and…

The World to Come co-stars Casey Affleck and Katherine Waterston discuss what makes for good writing and why embedded truths…