LION
I’ve only now seen LION (Garth Davis) 2016). I have never been so affected (emotionally and humanely) by any film. This film states the...
I'm not going to call it Method Screenwriting
Most of us are familiar with method acting. “Method acting initially came to the attention of the U.S. public at about the same time that...
Gravity
I watched GRAVITY (Alfonso Cuarón 2013) again recently. Why? The film's astonishing visual impact. I think Gravity is one of if not the...
To be, and stuff
It's hard not to go online and not be, well, a tiny polka dot bikini bit desperate about the human world, if for no other reason than...
The right kind of rewriting
Some years ago, I listened to a talk on screenwriting given by the British screenwriter and novelist Frank Cottrell Boyce at the British...
Screenplay adaptations
Should novelists adapt their books to the screen? I've performed numerous adaptations. In my experience the person who wrote the book...
Does it come in black?
Consider: how much better than the line 'So you're fast' would 'I knew it' be @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIHH5-HVS9o Why? 'So...
With great power comes great responsibility
‘Feature films are the most powerful and insidious shapers of public perception, because they fly under the radar of conscious...
All is not lost
I recently watched ALL IS LOST (2013). I had low expectations. Why? The title of a film can tell you a lot about the minds behind it (or...
The view from the front row
Essential to the failure – or shortcomings – of so many films is the quality of the film director or producer's influence on the film...
