Rian Johnson and editor Bob Ducsay share what makes their 10-year collaboration work. Every great movie has great collaborators working hard behind the scenes. This…
How do you get into a Netflix writers’ room? And how do you adapt YA novels for TV? We spoke to screenwriter Leah Fong to…
The purpose of a prologue is to set the story up. Have you ever been reading a screenplay or watching a movie and noticed that…
Preparation, preparation, preparation. Director Halina Reijn shares why it is important to prepare before filming and how that process (and No Film School) helped her…
Despite bombing at the box office, Robert Eggers’ $70 million Viking revenge thriller, The Northman, actually turned out to be a financial success. After the…
Chess is a lot like Hollywood. You gotta move the pieces to win. And you have to be okay losing. Scott Frank is one of…
Who needs dialogue anyway? Although we are deep in the cinematic realism of film and television, silent films still have a massive influence on the…
How did the editing team create the dreamlike reality of Euphoria‘s second season? The beauty of the empathy-driven Euphoria is not only powered by the…
Martin Scorsese is one of the most influential filmmakers in cinema and has helped all of us treasure the history and art of cinema. The…
Your brain is part of your body. The way you eat on set will affect how you think on set. In this episode, we talk…