The Great Sounds of ‘Bad Timing’
A protagonist defined more by her noises than her appearance. Director Nicolas Roeg’s Bad Timing features a performance by Theresa… Read More
December 21, 2017
Screenwriting
Brushing Up On Conversation with the ‘Before’ Trilogy
Some of the talkingest films ever made (that weren’t even made by Quentin Tarantino) teach us how to talk better. Read More
December 6, 2017
Why Virgil Williams Changed the Ending to ‘Mudbound’
How Virgil Williams and Dee Rees made a novel into their own Oscar-worthy meditation on race in America. Read More
November 27, 2017
A Conversation With ‘Call Me By Your Name’ Screenwriter James Ivory
James Ivory on his long career, gay cinema and being merely the screenwriter. Read More
November 22, 2017
The Simple Rules Making Pixar Characters Memorable
The animation giant has an easy structure keeping its characters driven. Pixar’s current status as a franchise factory wasn’t always… Read More
November 7, 2017
Following Through: How To Write An Engaging Action Scene
Screenwriting fundamentals impact action as much as choreography. Conversations around fight scenes are often erroneously diluted down into degrees of… Read More
October 30, 2017
The Plot Twist Checklist
A toolbox for the construction of plot twists, not an instruction manual (nobody reads those anyway). Read More
August 8, 2017
6 Filmmaking Tips from Stan Lee
More like superhero storytelling tips, but… Excelsior! Read More
May 10, 2017
Why the Last 30 Seconds of ‘Prisoners’ is Perfect Storytelling
An original OPS/FSR video essay. Read More
April 7, 2017