Screenwriting

‘The Producers’: An Unyieldingly Entertaining Satire that Launched Mel Brooks’ Career

The American 1968 dark comedy The Producers was written and directed by the one and only Mel Brooks, the absolute…

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‘Ryan’s Daughter’: The Proof of David Lean’s Versatility

After working together on the giant adaptation of Doctor Zhivago, legendary British director David Lean and respected screenwriter Robert Bolt…

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Kurosawa’s ‘Kagemusha’: A Poem about Human Nature

Probably the main reason Akira Kurosawa's epic samurai masterpiece called Kagemusha has its rightful place among the most impressive movies…

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Michael Cimino’s ‘Year of the Dragon’ is one of the most significant action movies of the period

Oliver Stone at one point described Michael Cimino as “the most Napoleonic director he ever worked with.” This impression was…

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Peter Bogdanovich’s ‘Paper Moon’ is a treasure to come back to even after all these years

Charming, kind of melancholy, deeply poignant and above all touching and heart-warming, Peter Bogdanovich's Paper Moon is a classic period…

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Peter Bogdanovich’s ‘What’s Up, Doc?’ brought screwball back to life

  By Sven Mikulec Peter Bogdanovich’s disarmingly charming screwball comedy What’s Up, Doc? is not just a highly entertaining comedy…

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From Getting Into the Box with ‘Buried’ to Breaking Out with ‘The Sea of Trees’: A Conversation with Chris Sparling

A Conversation with Chris Sparling by Sven Mikulec Back in 2010, I watched a nice little thriller about an American driver…

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Abel Ferrara’s ‘King of New York’ gained a true, cult reputation of a legitimate gangster classic

  Sven Mikulec When it comes to filmmakers who are, among other things, distinguished for their strong and passionate connection…

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Hitchcock’s Partner in Suspense: The Life of Screenwriter Charles Bennett

With a career that spanned from the silent era to the 1990s, British screenwriter Charles Bennett (1899-1995) lived an extraordinary…

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“Dazed By Days” By Richard Linklater

Richard Linklater wrote the following article for The Austin Chronicle. The article was originally printed in their issue Volume XIII,…

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