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In Memory of John Singleton on His Birthday
Happy Holidays from 5AM StoryTalk
20 Christmas Movie Screenplays to Download and Study for Free
Why You Never Get Tired of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
Weekly Question: What makes a great Christmas song anymore?
DIE HARD Is the Only Christmas Movie That Bridges America's Political Divide
One Surreal Christmas Day: When Bing Crosby Met David Bowie
Q&A: Comic Book Legend John Romita Sr. Through the Eyes of His Son
Weekly Question: Who is your favorite comic book artist?
There's No Way NAPOLEON Could Ever Be As Entertaining As Ridley Scott's Interviews About NAPOLEON
The Danger All Artists Face When They Leave Their Audiences Behind
Q&A with Susanna Fogel: The CAT PERSON Director Says the Darndest Things
Weekly Question: What's your favorite Christmas film?
20 Hard-to-Find Christmas TV Specials Free on YouTube
5AM StoryTalk Coffee Reading: Issue 8
Q&A: Director Clay Kaytis on Nostalgia, the Holidays, and Finding Himself in His Work
On Its 40th Anniversary, It's Time to Recognize MR. MOM As a Feminist Classic
Weekly Question: What films deserve to be reconsidered from new points of view?
The WGA Strike in Photographs: A 'People's History' Part 2 by J.W. Hendricks
30 Brilliant BBC Drama Scripts to Download and Study for Free
Let's Talk Turkey: There's Value in What We Create
Everything You Think You Know About EDWARD SCISSORHANDS Is Wrong
Weekly Question: What 2023 art are you most grateful for this Thanksgiving?
Q&A: Gennifer Hutchison Talks Breaking In, Breaking Bad, and Keeping Things Grounded in Genre
THE FABELMANS Is Much More Than Steven Spielberg’s 'Most Personal Film'
A Tale of Two (Unlikely) Heroes: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and ALIEN
Weekly Question: What's your favorite movie monologue?
The Church of John Wayne’s Star-Spangled Wang
Q&A: Writer-Director Chris Weitz on What He's Learned from Growing Up (and Older) in Film
Weekly Question: What are you struggling with as an artist that you'd like to know more about?
SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE and the Real Genius of Director Richard Donner
5AM StoryTalk Coffee Reading: Issue 7
A Rare Phenomenon: When Recording the Artistic Process Becomes Art Itself
Q&A: Screenwriter Sarah Phelps on Why She Writes (the Really Long Answer)
Weekly Question: What are some of your favorite cover songs?
Q&A: Writer-Director Keith Powell on Being a Diversified Artist
100 Horror Screenplays to Download and Study for Free
Weekly Question: What problematic artists do you find yourself unable to enjoy anymore?
Implicit Queerphobia and How We Watch TV (Or: Why It's Okay for Them to Have a League of Their Own)
Weekly Question: What else do you want to know about 'DRACULA' (2013)?
Read the First Chapter of My Debut Novel PSALMS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
Looking Back at the Soul-Sucking Shitshow That Was ‘DRACULA’ (2013) with Series Co-EP Harley Peyton
Weekly Question: What's your favorite big-screen Stephen King adaptation?
On Screenwriting: What About THE SIXTH SENSE’s Other Twist?
Twenty Classic Horror Films Free on YouTube
5AM StoryTalk Coffee Reading: Issue 6
That Time I Had to Publicly Condemn My Own TV Series
Weekly Question: What's your favorite horror film and why?
Q&A: Sequoia Nagamatsu on His Critically Acclaimed Novel HOW HIGH WE GO IN THE DARK
We Did It! Ex-WGAW President Howard Rodman Weighs in on Screenwriters' New Contract
Celebrating 100 Articles and 1,000 Subscribers with a 20% Off Promotion
What's In the F@cking Box?! (Or: What Quantum Mechanics and Art Have in Common)
Weekly Question: What are some of your favorite lyrics of all time?
On Screenwriting: TOP GUN: MAVERICK Is a MasterClass on How to Introduce Protagonists
Q&A: 'STATION 19" Showrunner Zoanne Clack on Her Journey from the ER to Hollywood
How to Escape the Funhouse Mirror of Culture Through Our Art
5AM StoryTalk Coffee Reading: Issue 5
A Tale of Two TV Series: 'TED LASSO' and 'THE BEAR'
Weekly Question: How much do you hate stadium seating in movie theaters?
Jodie Foster's Big, Beautiful Idea
Weekly Question: What book changed your life?
Ethan Hawke: Patron Saint of Lost Artists and Lay Existentialists
Q&A: Ed Laroche Discusses His New Image Graphic Novel ALMIGHTY
5AM StoryTalk Coffee Reading: Issue 4
50 Essential 21st-Century One-Hour Pilot Scripts to Download and Study for Free
Weekly Question: What film would you pay good money to see again on the big screen?
Q&A: 'THE CLEANING LADY' Creator Miranda Kwok on the Transformative Power of Art (Part 2)
Q&A: 'THE CLEANING LADY' Creator Miranda Kwok on the Transformative Power of Art (Part 1 of 2)
Call to Action for Artists: FTC Proposes New Merger Guidelines
Q&A: TV Showrunner Frank Spotnitz on What He's Learned from Trading Hollywood for Europe
Into the Black Hole: What’s at Stake for Comedy/Variety Writers in the WGA Strike
Every Screenwriter Eventually Faces a Hollywood Version of the Kobayashi Maru
Ever Wonder Why Films All Taste the Same These Days?
5AM StoryTalk Coffee Reading: Issue 3
How to Sequel Like James Cameron: TERMINATOR 2
Q&A: TV Showrunner Amy Berg Has a Lot of Fight Left in Her
Weekly Question: What's your relationship to vinyl records like?
Music, Arrested Development, and the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
Meditations on Mortality and Cinema: Kurosawa, Scorsese, and Friedkin
Q&A: Author Peter Ho Davies on Finding (and Revising) Himself in His Work
Weekly Question: How do you feel about films that don't receive theatrical releases?
5AM StoryTalk Coffee Reading: Issue 2
60 Great Comedy Screenplays to Download and Study for Free
Why You Shouldn't Trust Hollywood Talent Agents
Q&A: 'SPARTACUS' Creator Steven S. DeKnight on How Genre Shaped His Life
There Are More Ways to Tell a Screen Story Than Hollywood Wants You to Believe
20 Essential Classic International Films You Can Watch for Free on YouTube
Q&A: Author Kit de Waal on Her Lifelong Love Affair with Classic Film
Weekly Question: What was the last piece of art that shattered you?
Introducing the New 5AM StoryTalk Weekly Question Thread
OPPENHEIMER Director Christopher Nolan Cares a Lot Less about Plot Than You Probably Do
How Hollywood CEOs Broke the Economics of the Film/TV Industry
Why Pitching Projects Taken from the Public Domain Is Risky
Q&A: THE WOMAN KING Screenwriter Dana Stevens Reflects on Her Thirty-Year Career
The F@cked-Up Amount of Free Work It Takes to (Not) Sell Something in Hollywood Today
When Norman Rockwell Got Woke: The Story Behind 'The Problem We All Live With'
Q&A: Writer-Director Ol Parker Breaks Down Three of His Films That I Love
5AM StoryTalk Coffee Reading: Issue 1
How Tony Gilroy Made 'Andor' One of the Best Series on TV
Seriously, WTF Died Inside You That You Could Hate INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY?
Q&A: Dailyn Rodriguez on the Challenges She Had to Overcome to Become a Successful TV Showrunner
Art Should Never Lead to Regretting the Life We Forgot to Live
Vinay Patel and the Temple of Doom: What Should We Do About Problematic Art?
40 Great Action Screenplays to Download and Study for Free
Q&A with Daniel José Older: The 'Star Wars: The High Republic' Author on Learning to Write by Living
What If the Only Way to Protect Films and TV Series from Streaming Platforms...Is to Break the Law?
On Screenwriting: The Best Note Sarah Polley, Writer-Director of WOMEN TALKING, Ever Received
The WGA Strike in Photographs: A 'People's History' by J.W. Hendricks
On Screenwriting: The Elegant Economy of WHEN HARRY MET SALLY’s First Act
THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS Is One of the Greatest Blockbusters of the 21st Century
That Time I Didn’t Meet Steven Spielberg
More ‘The Horror of “DRACULA”’: Lessons from the Unbelievable True Story of the 2013 TV Series
A Matter of Survival: How the WGA Is Trying to Save Feature Screenwriters
50 Great Screenplays by People of Color to Download and Study for Free
How Do You Like Them Apples?! (or: Why Screenwriting Books Can Be Harmful)
A Hollywood Ghost Story (or: How I Wasted Six Months of My Life)
Q&A with Nicholas Meyer: The Filmmaker and Author Discusses His Life and Legacy
The Tragedy of Howard Rodman Sr. (or: Why the Writers Guild Is on Strike)
The Secret Weapon Helping the Writers Guild Win This Strike
Why Artists Want to Murder You When You Give Them Notes (or: How to Give Artists Better Notes)
Q&A: 'Inside Out's' Meg LeFauve on Her Complicated ‘Screenwriting Life’
On Writing My Debut Novel PSALMS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
How to World-Build Like a Wachowski
Artemisia Gentileschi on How to Properly Decapitate a Man
50 Great Screenplays by Women to Download and Study for Free
The Horror of 'DRACULA': The Unbelievable True Story of the 2013 TV Series
Why AI Is the Most Important Issue in the Writers' Strike
Q&A: 'WINNING TIME' Creator Max Borenstein Gets Personal about His Life and Work
How to Create a Great Action Sequence
What a Coffee Shop Taught Me about Screenwriting (and Life)
The WGA Is on Strike — Here’s Why We’ll Win
Q&A with Billy Ray: The Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker on How Donald Trump Changed How He Makes Art
The Most Important Screenwriting Lecture You’ll Ever Encounter