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While popular franchise films utilizing meta-humor still perform well, the longevity of this approach remains unclear as both the Deadpool and Lego franchises are trending slightly downward at the box office.
Making a film may seem like a daunting task, but here we break down the steps to do so – and perhaps make it seem not so daunting after all!
We break down six scenes from the original Star Wars trilogy to understand audience’s attatchment to Luke Skywalker, the classic protagonist who goes on a transformational journey to defeat evil.
If the Fantastic Beasts films are going to recapture the magic of Harry Potter, they need to focus on where their true magic lies, and that might be with one man named Jacob Kowalski.
In the second of this series, we look at the screenplays of Citizen Kane and Velvet Goldmine, examining how the two stories share similar DNA.
We spoke with Luke Del Tredici about the ten-year process of getting Arizona into production, the fragility and elusiveness of the American Dream, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and much more!
We were able to talk with the great Paul Schrader, director and writer of the upcoming film First Reformed, out on May 18th.
The screenplays of A History of Violence and Rambo: First Blood share similarities in their stories, such as centering on violent men who are confronted by their past, and how each of them deal with this collision of their two worlds.
Oh Lucy! is an inventive and poignant story that’s remarkably relatable, touching on loneliness and the sometimes outrageous lengths one will go to to escape the world and discover one’s own happiness.
Guest author Judy Sandra advises on how to turn a book into a screenplay after having gone through the process of creating a screenplay adaptation of her own novel that she will direct herself.
Settings are often so integral to a film that they can become as important as characters themselves; here are five prominent examples.
Taxi Driver is a complex film in the way it presents a relatable character and then shows the increasingly erratic choices that he makes.
Film Inquiry spoke with Mulan writers Lauren Hynek & Elizabeth Martin about their adaptation, their WGAW committee work & the writer’s life.
Though released in 1979, THE WARRIORS has a video game structure that would prove as influential to the artform as games themselves.
Never scared to experiment with format, or to tell a sincerely personal story, Carol Morley is truly a filmmaker of our time.