Film & TV

5AM StoryTalk Double Feature: Pulp Heroes Vs. the Third Reich

These two WWII-set films share more than a few similarities...

Nov 15 •

Q&A: Journalist-Turned-Screenwriter Michael Bronner Is a Big Fan of the Truth

'The Mauritanian' and 'Rogue Agent' scribe on the differences between journalistic truth and dramatic truth - and the critical role of both in changing…

Nov 12 •

How to Create a Great Action Sequence: 'The Dark Knight'

A beat-by-beat breakdown of the deceptively original police convoy ambush from Christopher Nolan's second Batman film

Nov 9 •

Q&A: Screenwriter Matt Nix Gets to the Heart of the Conflict

The creator of 'Burn Notice', 'The Gifted', and 'True Lies' offers up an epic discussion about writing dramatic television

Nov 5 •

Q&A: Screenwriter Eliza Clark on Finding a New Way to Tell Stories

The cancelation of 'Y: The Last Man' after one season hit its creator/showrunner hard, but she found a unique way to get her creative mojo back stronger…

Oct 29 •

Cinema Isn't Dying (Or: Let's All Go to the Movies!)

It's become a common refrain, to complain about how the moviegoing experience is on life support, but maybe the problem is...you

Oct 26 •

15 Disaster Film/TV Scripts to Download and Study

It's the end of the world as we know it...or at least it is in this curated tour through onscreen climate, cosmic, and meteorological catastrophes

Oct 21 •

'Armageddon': The Most American Film Ever Made From the Most American Director Ever?

Let's consider what this disaster flick has to say about U.S. culture and the rise of Trump's MAGA movement

Oct 19 •

5AM StoryTalk Double Feature: When Consumerism Kills

These two films turn the American mall into a blood-soaked metaphor for the spiritual bankruptcy of capitalism

Oct 18 •

Q&A: Screenwriter Danny Brocklehurst Lives in a Make-Believe World

The British TV writer discusses his craft, breaking into the biz by getting Paul Abbot drunk, and the mind-boggling success of his Netflix adaptation of…

Oct 15 •

Q&A: Screenwriter Beth Schacter on the Dance Between Art and Ambition

The 'Billions' and 'Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber' showrunner has a far-ranging conversation about art, craft, and trying to create something…

Oct 8 •

When the Baseball Film Helped Make America (Kind of) Great

Between 1984 and 1994, the baseball genre became one of the biggest draws at the U.S. box office before suddenly going all but extinct. What happened?

Oct 5 •

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