The Craft
Writing for Film and Television
January 18
Our House
Mike Flanagan “remixes” the horror genre, bringing it closer to home by infusing it with family drama on the hit Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
December 10
Something That Lasts
Writer-director Elizabeth Chomko creates a permanent tribute to her family in What They Had, a deeply personal drama about love and memory loss.
Written by Matt Hoey
November 02
No Easy Villains
Writer, actor, and director Joel Edgerton’s new film Boy Erased, based on the memoir by Garrard Conley about his painful experience with Christian conversion therapy, is a story rendered even more tragic by its absence of obvious bad guys.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
October 12
Man on the Moon
Oscar-winner Josh Singer returns to tell a visceral story of sacrifice in First Man, the painstakingly detailed account of Neil Armstrong’s largely unknown personal path to becoming the first human to walk on the moon.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
September 07
World Without Sin
Derek Simonds goes off-book in The Sinner’s second season to script USA Network’s addictive, character-driven whydunit.
Written by Matt Hoey
August 17
Her Story
Screenwriter Jane Anderson and novelist Meg Wolitzer recount their decade-and-a-half-long struggle with pre-#MeToo Hollywood, who had no interest in telling a “woman’s story,” to bring The Wife to the screen.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
July 13
Sober Doodles
Gus Van Sant revisits the streets of Portland to write and direct Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot, the story of John Callahan, the renowned cartoonist who discovered his talent for irreverent comics after becoming a quadriplegic.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
June 22
The Revolution Will Be Streamed
Dear White People creator Justin Simien on how organized attacks on the show inspired season 2 and his hopes that his critically lauded Netflix satire can spark real-world conversations about race.
Written by Matt Hoey
June 08
From Bust to Us
Dan Fogelman, creator of the smash family drama This Is Us, discusses how a feature script that had him so stumped he shelved it halfway through became one of the highest rated, most beloved shows on television.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
May 18
Re-formed
Paul Schrader on the corollaries between Taxi Driver and his latest man-in-a-room film First Reformed, “the trick” to creating a contemptible but empathetic character, and why creators must learn to silence the critical mind and let the mystery be.
Written by Dylan Callaghan