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. […]
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50 Screenplays: #1, Lady Bird
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 […]
100 Movies: #6, Lady Bird
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 […]