screenwriting
Living Life for the Story
To mark the release of her fourth film, the road movie Pooling to Paradise, writer Caytha Jentis reflects on her own journey.
Buddies, Break-Ups and the Pitfalls of Autobiographical Screenwriting
Writer-director Linas Phillips, who’s currently crowdfunding his next film, Take Two, on drawing for real life for his movies.
Some of Our Stallions: A Story of a Story …
Writer-director-actor Carson Mell tells the charming, circuitous tale of how his picaresque new comedy-drama came into existence.
Who is Take Out Girl? Or, How I Found a Way to Show Vulnerability and Accept Myself Through My First Feature
For Take Out Girl’s writer-star Hedy Wong, her feelings toward her on-screen alter ego Tera are complicated, to say the least.
From One (Great) Man to Another: Darius Marder and the Story of Sound of Metal
Shannon Plumb on how her friend and fellow filmmaker came to make his acclaimed, double Oscar-winning drama.
Fight. Run. Scream: Writing My Way Out of My Silence with Held
Actress-screenwriter Jill Awbrey shares her personal journey with the #MeToo movement and how it led to her writing her new movie, Held.
If It Matters to You, It Will Matter to Them
For Jake Allyn, the star and co-writer of No Man's Land, his main aim as a filmmaker is to create connection with the audience.
Jude Law Talks with Sean Durkin and Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry on the Talkhouse Podcast
The star, writer-director and composer of the new film The Nest, out now through IFC, have a fascinating discussion about their collaboration.
Jealousy: The Best Fuel For My Creativity
Actor turned writer-director Cory Wexler Grant on the emotion that drove him to make his directorial debut, Painter, out now on VOD.
“So, What Did We Learn?”
Writer-director Brian Duffield on making Spontaneous for three years in three countries for multiple owners before a pandemic.
The Multi-Hyphenate Curse
Brea Grant, whose new film 12 Hour Shift is out this week, talks with Kit Williamson about their transition from actors to writer-directors.
Why a Lawyer Wrote a Movie
Jay Paul Deratany, a working attorney who wrote and produced the new film Foster Boy, on his duty to share the stories of foster youth.











