Mar 11th, 2010 · Turns out that the life of a Hollywood screenwriter is more about rejection and powerlessness than about actual writing — or so it would seem from Tales from the Script, a documentary that features 52 screenwriters talking about the trials and tribulations of writing for the silver screen.
Feb 11th, 2010 · Roger Smith's South African thriller is horrific to read, yet impossible to put down, says reviewer Martha Woodroof. Smith is also a screenwriter, and it shows in his pacing and construction; his short, fast-moving scenes tumble one on top of another in this haunting narrative of violence and survival.
Feb 5th, 2010 · In the complicated, often gory films of The Red Riding Trilogy, a serial killer and a rogue police force are both terrorizing a disillusioned Yorkshire town. Pat Dowell speaks with a director, the screenwriter and the novelist behind a startling cinematic epic — one based on a story that's entirely too true.
Jan 15th, 2010 · Ever wonder what it's like to defuse bombs for a living? In their film The Hurt Locker (out now on DVD), director Kathryn Bigelow and journalist-turned-screenwriter Mark Boal paint a vivid picture of a dangerous pursuit — and of the men who are drawn to it.
Nov 27th, 2009 · Up, the smash-hit animated adventure about a grouchy elderly man, a chubby scout, a 13-foot bird and a house borne aloft by balloons, is now out on DVD. Director and screenwriter Pete Docter talks about the joys of researching and creating animated films.
Nov 24th, 2009 · Martin Scorsese said of Sam Fuller's work, "If you don't like the films of Sam Fuller, then you just don't like cinema." The maverick screenwriter and director died in 1997, but a new 7-disc selection of his work embodies what's most enjoyable and enduring about pulp fiction.
Sep 29th, 2009 · Author and screenwriter Nick Hornby joins Fresh Air host Terry Gross to discuss the screenplay he wrote for the new film An Education, set in a post-war, pre-rock England, and his new novel Juliet, Naked.
Sep 24th, 2009 · A far cry from Alan Parker's original, Kevin Tancharoen's Fame remake shows the director's inexperience — and a scandalous screenwriterly laxity about story and character. Jeannette Catsoulis says this is a kind of Fame you can live without.