All posts tagged "Sylvester Stallone"
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First Draft: Conceptualize Courtship in Your Screenplay By Understanding the Romantic Subplot
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. It is a common narrative archetype found... -
First Draft: Understand The Humility Arc To Allow Your Story’s Heroes To Succeed
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. What quality makes a hero? What single... -
Aging Bull: Robert De Niro Remains Ferocious as He Spars with Édgar Ramírez in Hands of Stone
I had just arrived on the Croisette for this year’s Cannes Film Festival and was having lunch at my regular table at... -
Road Warrior: Jason Momoa’s Journey to Paloma
Towering over six feet four inches tall, Hawaiian born actor-director Jason Momoa’s powerful presence on screen is unmistakable. In the HBO series... -
Wisdom Wednesday: Joe Eszterhas’ 10 Golden Rules of Screenwriting
Legend has it (okay, well, actually it was the Los Angeles Times) that Joe Eszterhas once sold a script written on the back... -
Things I’ve Learned: Seth MacFarlane’s Golden Rules of Moviemaking
Step inside the rambunctious mind of Emmy Award winning director/writer/animator Seth MacFarlane, as he gives us his 17 golden rules of moviemaking. Famous... -
The Madness of a Method Editor: A Conversation with One of Hollywood’s Top Action Editors
Robert Ferretti, A.C.E., has been one of Hollywood’s most sought-after motion picture editors for more than two decades. He has earned his...
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Richard Dreyfuss
American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Stand By Me, Mr. Holland’s Opus… even while reading like a what’s what of cinema, those titles...Inside the Issue: Directing
Cold Piece of Work: Richard Linklater Braves Greenland Hurricanes for Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette opens with the answer to its titular question. In an impressively executed overhead shot, the camera gazes down onto placid...Inside the Issue: How To
How They Did It: The Farewell Writer-Director Lulu Wang Shares Secrets to Turning Your Life Story into a Memoir Movie
The week before production started on The Farewell—my sophomore feature about a young woman (Billi, played by Awkwafina) and her family’s attempts to keep their grandmother’s...