Once Upon a Time… In the Philippines: Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Apocalypse Now’ Is a Three-Time Prime Cut of Film-Making Largesse
By Tim Pelan According to its director Francis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now was “a Los Angeles dream of war.”…
John Milius
‘Do You Want to Live Forever?’—John Milius’ ‘Conan the Barbarian’
By Tim Pelan The Frankenstein’s monster that is Justice League, the Warner Bros/DC superhero team-up film that has critics…
‘Jeremiah Johnson’ and the American Errand into the Wilderness Myth
One of the founding myths of the American cultural identity, crafted soon after the ‘City upon a Hill’ manifesto, is…
‘American Cinema’ explores film history and American culture through the eyes of over 150 Hollywood insiders
Using clips from more than 300 of the greatest movies ever made, this series explores film history and American culture…
‘The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean’: An Underappreciated Elegy to the Dying West
Probably one of John Huston’s most personal works, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, the 1972 Western with…
Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Apocalypse Now’ must be the key lecture in anyone’s filmmaking education
People often exaggerate when they talk about films. They get carried away, leaving the cinema emotionally stirred and too impressed…
“I was never conscious of my screenplays having any acts. It’s all bullshit”
Founded by Erik Bauer in 1994, Creative Screenwriting Magazine—cited as “the best magazine on screenwriting” by the L.A. Times—is dedicated…