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 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 […]
