True Blood' not only utilized the vampire trend but elevated the material in a series that was escapist as well as heartfelt.

USC Scripter nominations include "Peter Hujar's Day," "Frankenstein," "Hamnet," "One Battle After Another" and "Train Dreams.

Reiner never got a Best Director Oscar nod, but he sure knew how to make scripts by Oscar winner Aaron Sorkin cook.

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ACCOLADES IN AUSTRALIA A Little Rock writer's screenplay was awarded the top prize at a film festival in Australia earlier this month. "A Treacherous Country" by Jay Jennings won first place in the ...

Genre storytelling has long been cinema’s most demanding form, where structure guides creativity rather than limits it. Every line of dialogue, every beat of tension, must balance imagination with ...

You want to be a screenwriter, yeah, and you've got stories burning inside you. You've maybe read a book or two about three-act structure, bought some screenwriting software, and stared at that blank ...

Oscars Best Adapted Screenplay Commentary (Updated Dec. 7, 2025): Ambition and literary rigor define this year’s adapted screenplay race, a category where muscular studio fare and intimate character ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. It is indeed one battle after another between the top two contenders, Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle” and ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Round 1’s leader, “A House of Dynamite,” fails to detonate in Round 2, falling all the way out of the nominees ...