More Than Survival: The Last of Us Season 2 Expands Its Emotional Core & Moral Ambiguity
HBO’s The Last of Us Season 2 represents a bold leap forward in both narrative ambition and character complexity. While Season 1 faithfully adapted the events of the original 2013 video game, the new season draws from The Last of Us Part II, embracing structural changes, new character viewpoints, and elevated emotional stakes. Through its […]
“Robert Stigwood Had A Good Sense Of Smell” Says John Maggio About HBO’s ‘Mr. Saturday Night’
Saturday Night Fever was a culture-defining movie of the 1970s. Platform shoes, flares, windswept hair… and don’t forget those expressive dance moves. This influential cultural movement began when Australian impresario and businessman Robert Stigwood read an article by Nik Cohn about the Brooklyn disco nightclub scene curiously titled The Tribal Rights Of The New Saturday […]
“Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable” Prentice Penny Talks “Insecure” and “Uncorked”
Insecure on HBO has been nominated in nine Emmy categories this year and currently preparing for its fifth season. That’s no mean feat for a television series based on a series of semi-biographic YouTube videos from co-creator Issa Rae called Awkward Black Girl. We caught up with Prentice Penny writer and executive producer on the show […]
The Rarity of Rug-Pulls in the Modern Era of Entertainment
Pulling the rug out from under an audience is tricky work these days. We’ve all seen so many hours of entertainment, even the casual viewer has become well-versed in narrative structure, the tropes of Hollywood storytelling, and genre clichés. For a screenwriter, trying to write a screenplay that will surprise an often jaded audience becomes […]
HBO’s “Watchmen” Advanced the Classic Comic in a Timely Fashion
Adaptations for film and TV are a tricky lot. Is the source material filmable? Is what worked on the page or stage a guarantee it will translate properly to the screen? Even the length determined for an adaptation can affect the success of it. The decision to adapt Watchmen as a 2.5-hour theatrical release in […]
