Screenwriting

Peter Weir’s ‘Dead Poets Society’: An Awe-Inspiring Celebration of the Human Spirit

  March 17, 2023   I've tried, to some extent, to disassemble my style, to fight against my own signature.…

1 year ago

‘The Fisher King’: Terry Gilliam’s Touching Film About Grief, Trauma and Hope

  January 26, 2023   I started reading and I stayed up till—I don’t know what time in the morning…

1 year ago

‘The Driver’: Walter Hill Behind the Wheel of a Glorious Experiment

  January 10, 2023   You’re a filmmaker. You start out with a big vision, a big appetite, a dream.…

1 year ago

Exposing Femicide in Iran: Cyrus Nowrasteh’s ‘The Stoning of Soraya M.’

  December 29, 2022   My intention was to show stonings for what they really are, and present the ritualistic…

1 year ago

James Mangold’s ‘Identity’: The Devil in the Details

  December 28, 2022   I love 'Identity.' I love it. In fact, I think some of the filmmaking, the…

1 year ago

To Live and Die for Authenticity: How Friedkin Made One of the Best Films of the Eighties

  August 8, 2022   All of the films I have made, that I have chosen to make, are all…

2 years ago

Neil Marshall’s ‘Dog Soldiers’: A Force to Be Reckoned With

  July 17, 2022   I think there’s two kinds of films, something that has a big splash when they…

2 years ago