Story. Screenplay. Sale.
Before I left for the cinema, I checked Rotten Tomatoes. They had this movie rated at 41% critics/ 51% fans. Normally, that’s a pretty good sign to avoid a film, but I’m a fan of some of those reality TV shows about gold mining, and of Matthew McConaughey, so I ignored them all and went … Read more
As a student I lived only a 25min train trip away from the Brussels “Cinematek”, once hailed by Martin Scorsese as the world’s best cinema repository. Among the half dozen classics screened daily, Otto Preminger’s Laura would pop up at least once a year. I watched it; and I loved it. Soon after I first watched … Read more
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Story & Structure :: Update: Award Season Screenplay Downloads :: How To Find Your Voice :: Screenplay Review – Cowboy Bebop :: “The Best Way to Have a Good Idea…” :: Amateur Friday – Echovault Script Perfection :: Catching Fire and Why Katniss Everdeen is a Too-Rare Heroine :: Likeable Characters – Call the Pound … Read more