[Video]: Oscar Nominee Dan Gilroy talks Nightcrawler

‘Nightcrawler is the most personal film I’ve ever written… I think there’s a desperation in young people… who are willing to take jobs and do things they normally wouldn’t do.’ Dan Gilroy talks about the rise of the antihero (such as Walter White, Don Draper), the need to survive in an increasingly unequal world, and … Read more

[Video]: Richard Linklater on Boyhood

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Boyhood is one of the most critically acclaimed films of 2014, coupling an engaging story with themes of the current zeitgeist – divorce, responsibility, single parenthood. Screenwriter and director Richard Linklater sits down with Vice Magazine to discuss how he took pensive daydreams and created an Academy Award nominated film. If you liked this, check … Read more

Best of the Web 11 Jan

Script Perfection :: Keeping Creative Passions Alive :: China’s Crime-Free Crime Films :: 8 Somewhat Unusual New Year’s Screenwriting Resolutions Pitching & Selling :: The Original & Adapted Screenplay Races Best of the Rest :: Russia Denies Rejecting Screenplay Over Homosexual Details :: The PGA snubs Selma :: Screenwriter’s Lawsuit a Win for Copyright Enforcement … Read more