The Craft
Writing for Film and Television 2015
December 22, 2015
Waking the Giant
Lawrence Kasdan, J.J. Abrams, and Michael Arndt talk about the daunting task of reawakening the Star Wars saga for Episode VII and dissect that one spoiler moment in The Force Awakens you can’t talk about.
Written by Dexter Kim
December 04, 2015
Bard of Blood
After more than a decade of languishing, Todd Louiso & Jacob Koskoff's reimagining of Shakespeare’s most bloody drama Macbeth finally comes to life as a visceral modern movie with the help of director Justin Kurzel and writer Michael Lesslie.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
November 20, 2015
A Love Unspoken
Phyllis Nagy expounds on the difficulties of adapting her friend Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Price of Salt into the new acclaimed period piece Carol and how to portray characters falling in love without words or melodrama.
Written by Rob Feld
November 13, 2015
The Lessons of Loneliness
The Martian’s Drew Goddard explains how the story of a man stranded on the Red Planet was a personal tale for him and why choosing a project because it’s a “smart business move” can lead to trouble.
Written by Todd Aaron Jensen
November 06, 2015
Ode to the Fourth Estate
Tom McCarthy and co-writer Josh Singer script a tribute to the journalistic process with Spotlight, a meticulous look at The Boston Globe’s Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into cover-ups in the Boston archdiocese and their global implications.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
October 30, 2015
Rocking the Boat
Fresh Off the Boat’s Nahnatchka Khan talks about writing satire without stereotypes and the groundbreaking responsibility and opportunity of running “the Asian show.”
Written by Denis Faye
October 23, 2015
Good Company
What makes characters likeable? Julie Klausner, star and creator of Hulu’s Difficult People, explains why, when it comes to watchability, it’s more important for them to be funny than moral.
Written by Denis Faye
October 02, 2015
The Outsiders
Pulitzer-nommed playwright, screenwriter, and veteran showrunner Jon Robin Baitz responds to critics of his LGBT historical drama Stonewall and explains why he’s always identified with those who’ve felt different from those around them.
Written by Todd Aaron Jensen
September 11, 2015
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Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail comments on the sleeper hit’s eerie parallels with real current tragic events and why trying to veer the hacker show away from what’s happening in today’s society would be a misstep.
Written by Denis Faye
September 04, 2015
Almost Famous
Denis Leary takes on fame and rock ‘n’ roll fantasies in Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, his new FX comedy about an aging front man coming to terms with the realization that his dreams of rock stardom might be over.
Written by Dylan Callaghan