Screenwriting

‘Die Hard’ On a Pedestal: Why John McTiernan’s Action Classic Is Such an Ode to Joy

Gotham by Elektrisches Licht: Fritz Lang’s ‘Metropolis’

Universal Soldier? The Emersonian Combat Experience of Terrence Malick’s ‘The Thin Red Line’

Hitchcock’s ‘Vertigo’: The Unrelenting Male Gaze that Blurs the Lines Between Possession and Obsession

‘A Woman Under the Influence’: Cassavetes’ Intense and Emotionally Exhausting Slice of Life

The Future is Now: Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Children of Men’ Paints a Bleak Picture of a World Devoid of Humanity

And Unto Dust We Shall Return: On Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’

Leigh Brackett: A Terrific Writer Ahead of Her Time just as She Was Ahead of Her Colleagues
