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What changes when you take off your writer hat and put on your director hat? In this compendium episode, John, Craig, and Scriptnotes coordinator Lauren Loesberg review directing advice previously given on the podcast. John and Craig offer Lauren […]
Screenwriter, story analyst, and editor Ron Peters takes us inside the craft of professional screenwriting through his experiences working on projects including Defiance, The Wolf of Wall Street, Fury, and Twin Peaks. Ron breaks down how he […]
Host Jeff Goldsmith talks to writer-director-actor Macon Blair about his latest film - Idiots. Download my podcast here Copyright © Unlikely Films, Inc. 2026. All rights reserved. For more great content, read Backstory Magazine!
Saturday Night Live’s prerecorded sketches can go from first footage to national broadcast in roughly 36 hours. Host GG Hawkins talks with SNL editors Christopher Salerno and Mak Makower about the post-production workflow behind that turnaround, […]
William Jackson Harper is probably best known for the work he did over four seasons on the NBC comedy "The Good Place," and the Ari Aster film "Midsommar," but his true happy place is on the stage (he's a Tony nominee for the recent production of […]
The breakout star of the horror hit knows the internet is rooting for her to win Best Actress at the 2027 Oscars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Actress, artist, and producer Jackey Neyman takes us behind the scenes of one of the strangest cult movies in filmmaking history: Manos: The Hands of Fate. Jackey was only six years old when her father joined the production and brought far more than […]
The 1981 teen slasher Happy Birthday to Me has a wild twist ending that you could never predict, but Paul, Jason, and June try nonetheless to make sense out of all the bonkers plot turns leading up to the reveal of the killer. Along the way they […]
Another new touchscreen cine monitor has arrived and, like the rest of the crowded market, it looks well-designed, capable of a wide range of uses, and packed with versatile connectivity.Can this new SWIT K7 stand out against its SmallHD, Atomos, […]
While not a full step update (as in a version 1 to a version 2), this 1.5 version update for ARRI Film Lab is quite significant nonetheless.This major update to ARRI’s popular license-based OpenFX plugin should greatly expand its capabilities, […]
Crystal Lake, which is the first official installment in the Friday the 13th franchise since 2009, is mere days away from its premiere on Peacock on October 15. The show, which is set to drop all eight episodes of its premiere season on that date, […]
You'd think after, you know, an Oscar, The West Wing, and decades of fast-talking dialogue, writing would get easier for Aaron Sorkin. But it hasn't, according to what he admits in a recent conversation with Esquire editor-in-chief Michael […]
For filmmakers and run-and-gun content creators these days, having extra SD cards in your camera bag, or even in your pockets, is never a bad idea. Files are getting bigger, and 4K workflows aren’t the exception anymore, they’re the norm.In our […]
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