Understanding Screenwriting #150, Part I
Tom Stempel celebrates his 150th issue of Understanding Screenwriting with a compilation of some of his favorite reviews.
Tom Stempel celebrates his 150th issue of Understanding Screenwriting with a compilation of some of his favorite reviews.
Understanding Screenwriting #149
Tom Stempel on Indignation, Café Society, Florence Foster Jenkins, Complete Unknown, Morgan, Rizzoli & Isles, and BrainDead.
Tom Stempel on Indignation, Café Society, Florence Foster Jenkins, Complete Unknown, Morgan, Rizzoli & Isles, and BrainDead.
Understanding Screenwriting #148
Tom Stempel takes a look at Ghostbusters, Bad Moms, Jason Bourne, and Hell or High Water.
Tom Stempel takes a look at Ghostbusters, Bad Moms, Jason Bourne, and Hell or High Water.
Understanding Screenwriting #147
Tom Stempel casts his eye over Genius, Finding Dory, Central Intelligence, The Shallows, and Our Kind of Traitor.
So Why Are We Watching This? Genius (2016. Screenplay by John Logan, based on the book Max Perkins: Editor of Genius. 104 minutes.) Within the first week of its American release, this film only had a 45% favorable rating among critics on Rotten Tomatoes (the audiences liked it a little better, with a 58% […]
Understanding Screenwriting #146
Tom Stempel takes a look at Alice Through the Looking Glass, The Nice Guys, Obvious Child, A Bridge Too Far, The Night Manager, and Roots.
Well, It’s Not as Badly Directed as Linda Woolverton’s Last Screenplay… Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016. Screenplay by Linda Woolverton, based on books by Lewis Carroll. 113 minutes.) Linda Woolverton wrote the 2010 version of Alice in Wonderland, which as you can read here, I liked in spite of Tim Burton’s direction. Her […]
