The Impact of Filmmaker Ryan Coogler on Cinema
Writer/director Ryan Coogler is having a moment. One that has lasted most of his career. From film school to multi-million-dollar movies there seems nothing he can’t produce that isn’t celebrated by critics and audiences alike. Ryan Coogler’s films have left a profound mark on contemporary cinema, merging powerful storytelling with cultural appeal. His work is […]
Laura Woodworth On Writing Christian Faith-Based Films
Laura Woodworth is a development executive for Cooke Media Group in Los Angeles, a freelance writer-producer-director and author in the Christian space. She shared her views on writing in this specialized field and making it accessible to a wider audience, How do you define the faith-based genre? Films with a faith element used […]
What Make Gangster Films & TV Shows Work? (Part 2)
Characters: The Criminals The Godfather, perhaps the traditional gangster film most people know, features a family involved in organized crime. They were our focal points, our POV characters. Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) was outside of this world – almost. Their daily lives involved weddings, funerals, dinners, business meetings and – murder. What must the […]
What Make Gangster Films & TV Shows Work? (Part 1)
It’s hard to imagine a more enduring genre film type than the gangster movie. Of course, traditional gangster films, as with most genre films, have mutated into powerful crime TV shows like The Wire, Ray Donovan, and The Sopranos or films like Proud Mary and The Departed, but the core elements are still there. Since 1931’s […]
