Reviews and reflections about movies, screenplays, and books.
Becoming a better storyteller by studying 100 movies, 50 screenplays, and 25 books in 2020. The next time I embark on a major project like this, I won’t start a key segment of it with the most complicated example of the form. Lady Bird‘s script is so complex and dense with wonderful examples of what to […]
Becoming a better storyteller by studying 100 movies, 50 screenplays, and 25 books in 2020. Imagine, if you will, that the Monty Python troupe were Japanese and set out to make a western about an epic quest for the perfect bowl of ramen. That’s Tampopo. Release: 1985 Starring: Ken Watanabe, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kôji Yakusho Director: Jûzô […]
Becoming a better storyteller by studying 100 movies, 50 screenplays, and 25 books in 2020. To borrow the line from the Joni Mitchell song, I could drink a case of this movie, and I would still be on my feet. It’s charming and irreverent and smart and funny and bittersweet and poignant and perfect. Release: 2017 […]
