Screenwriting 101

“If you have a dream, get up off your ass and start putting one foot in front of the other”

Frank Darabont talks about his childhood as a refugee and immigrant; his youthful attraction to horror and fantasy; and the…

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John Cassavetes – the Man and His Work

In 1983, during the production of John Cassavetes’s Love Streams, journalist Michael Ventura was hired by Cannon Films executive Menahem…

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Sydney Pollack’s ‘Three Days of the Condor’ is one of the finest spy thrillers ever filmed

  By Sven Mikulec The paranoid, skeptical, post-Watergate America gave birth to Sydney Pollack's first-class thrilller Three Days of the…

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“Altmanesque means never having to say you’re sorry”

Robert Altman's Short Cuts is not only one of the more enticing films of the fruitful nineties, but also a…

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“Huston treats the story with a level, unsentimental honesty and makes it into one of his best films”

  By Sven Mikulec The neo-noir boxing drama that finally reinstated John Huston on the road of financial success after…

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“There is no American masterpiece more prescient than and still as urgent as NASHVILLE”

This cornerstone of 1970s American moviemaking from Robert Altman is a panoramic view of the country’s political and cultural landscapes,…

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“Yes, it’s a crop duster. We can plant some crops nearby”

The Cinematographer’s camera angles for the crop dusting sequence from Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest. All 61 bullet points (above)…

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The purest expression of a cinematic idea

Alfred Hitchcock is a master of mise en scène. His films are so much fun to analyze because there are…

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A holy grail of Indiana Jones artifacts

Upon the first story meeting with Steven Spielberg and Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas hand wrote this treatment for Raiders of…

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The Forty-Year Rule: ‘Chinatown’

Legendary screenwriter Robert Towne and director David Fincher sit down for an informative and interesting commentary that examines the many facets…

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