The Craft
Writing for Film and Television 2017
December 11, 2017
Roman Holiday
The iconic James Ivory explains why he wrote Call Me by Your Name on cardboard and describes what he sees as essential to a great film adaptation.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
November 17, 2017
American Gothic
In Mudbound, Virgil Williams and Dee Rees conjure a rarely seen portrait of post-World War II America, where hard truths about the country and human nature stand in stark contrast to a great new American mythology.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
October 27, 2017
Crazy Love
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s Aline Brosh McKenna & Rachel Bloom on how the show deconstructs the romantic comedy genre and why Rebecca Bunch is like Jamie Lannister.
Written by Matt Hoey
September 22, 2017
Love-Love
Oscar-winner Simon Beaufoy explores sexism, inequality, and love with Battle of the Sexes, the story of Billie Jean King’s historic tennis match against chauvinist showman Bobby Riggs that’s surprisingly relevant today.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
September 01, 2017
Sorry, Not Sorry
Creator-star Andrea Savage explains why her new show is called I’m Sorry, and why, when it comes to comedy, she never apologizes for who she is.
Written by Matt Hoey
August 18, 2017
Straight Outta Shakespeare
Power creator Courtney Kemp on why she sees no separation between Shakespeare and episodic TV and how she shocked 50 Cent when she gave him what he wanted.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
August 04, 2017
The War at Home
Oscar-winner Mark Boal on how his journalism background helped him sort through the complicated reality behind the story of Detroit and why writing anything other than the brutal truth of what happened would have been cowardly.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
July 14, 2017
The Coming Storm
With Snowfall, Dave Andron and John Singleton tell a multi-faceted story about how cocaine became crack and led to an epidemic that still reverberates today.
Written by Matt Hoey
June 30, 2017
Once Upon a Pair of Wheels
Edgar Wright explains how a playlist powered the writing of one of the most kinetic, narratively rewarding films of his career, his new heist thriller Baby Driver.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
June 16, 2017
Breaking Bread
Mike White pulls no punches in Beatriz at Dinner, his profoundly apt tale about a clash between a Mexican immigrant healer and a self-centered billionaire.
Written by Dylan Callaghan