The Craft
Writing for Film and Television
January 17
Double Edge
Rian Johnson’s awards-nominated murder mystery Knives Out melds an Agatha Christie-style whodunit with a Hitchcockian thriller while bringing both genres into the modern age.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
February 24
Before the Wall
Daniel Sawka’s HBO feature about an immigrant child detained at the U.S.-Mexico border might seem ripped from the headlines, but the story of Icebox was born years before Donald Trump took office.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
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