All posts tagged "scriptwriting"
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Cannes: With Frankie, Ira Sachs Invites Audiences To Find The Extraordinary In The Ordinary
Director Ira Sachs has found his greatest inspirations from cinema outside of the US. With filmmakers like Éric Rohmer, Yasujirō Ozu, and Abbas Kiarostami held...
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Cannes: In His Feature Debut, Ukrainian Director Nairman Aliev Seeks Out A Universal Story With Homeward
Armed with a master’s degree and memberships to the Ukranian and European Film Academies, Nairman Aliev now represents his native country Ukraine in the Un...
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First Draft: Five Tips for Better World-Building in Your Film
In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, we’re publishing “First Draft,” a fortnightly series on everything to do with screenwriting. New articles, written by the team...
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The Second Draft: When You Think You’re Done, You’ve Only Just Begun
The truth about writing is that most of your time is spent rewriting. That’s not the most inspiring thing to hear when you’ve just completed...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Taylor Russell on Waves and Why She’s OK With Being an Adult Who Plays High School Students
In director Trey Edward Shults’ Waves, Taylor Russell plays the younger sister of Kelvin Harrison Jr., even though she’s five days older than him in real life. In fact,...
Inside the Issue: Directing
Rob Zombie: Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker
Rob Zombie still can’t let go of some of his past off-screen nightmares. “After I finished Halloween II, I was so beat up by the process that I hated...
Inside the Issue: How To
Edward Norton Walks Us Through Every Part of Making Motherless Brooklyn
Edward Norton is the best possible person to explain each stage of the moviemaking process for his new drama Motherless Brooklyn—he’s the film’s writer, director and lead actor. For...