100 Movies in 2020: #11, Little Women The new Little Women movie is a masterpiece. Writer and director Greta Gerwig plays with the original book‘s story structure to reinvent the narrative for a new generation, turning it into a lively, luminous, thoughtful piece of art. Oh my goodness, go see it. Males, that includes you. […]
Release: 2018 Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant Directed by: Marielle Heller Screenplay by: Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty Spoilers? Fer shure. The film is based on a true story, adapted from Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Memoirs of a Literary Forger, by Lee Israel. The protagonist (let’s not call her a hero) is a […]
Becoming a better fiction writer by studying 100 movies, 50 screenplays, and 25 books in 2020. It’s hard to distill a single writing lesson from a novel as beloved and complex as Little Women (yes, children’s literature is complex). Further complicating the task is the need to also write about the 2019 film adaptation by Greta […]
