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Could we find a video any shorter than Ira Glass’ exortations to persist? TSD challenged itself to deliver. In an interview so short and sweet it’s basically weaponised sugar, True Detective’s showrunner Nic Pizzalatto (himself a writer/director/producer) gives you a 59 second rundown on why you should probably consider doing something, anything, other than trying … Read more
Voice – Do you have it? Every new writer struggles with this question. But before they can even begin to find answers, let alone develop their own, they have to ask… by The Single Screenwriter Voice, WTF is it? Simple answer – nobody knows. You think I kid, but the industry joke answer is, “I … Read more
Ira Glass is a bit of a polymath – an iconic radio personality on This American Life, a novelist and producer, he has been instrumental in the success of many others – inciting novelist David Sedaris’ explosive rise to fame by inviting him to read on his radio show, and co-writing and producing comedian Mike … Read more
Beyond being perhaps one of the most iconic actors of his generation, the Silver Fox has been an active filmmaker since 2002, directing several feature films including Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Good Night and Good Luck, about the real life broadcast journalist Edward R Murrow’s struggle to bring down Senator McCarthy. The Monuments … Read more
We’ve long had a love-affair with American television drama and the list of US shows we love to watch is long. by Hayley McKenzie Whether you were there twenty years ago with The Sopranos, E.R and Grey’s Anatomy, or ten years ago with House and Dexter, or are just discovering the joys of The Americans, … Read more