Tag: Original Screenplay

The Screenplay awards at the Oscars very rarely have to do with the writing itself. Most of the time now, ...

Those following the film industry may know Mike Jones from his tenures at IndieWire, Variety, and other publications. But a ...

This has been a strange Oscar year. All the unusual factors that were in play when it started remain in ...

The trend lately has been for directors at the top of the Oscar race to either write or co-write their ...

The screenplay race, like the director race, is ordinarily tightly tied to Best Picture. Though it can also sometimes be ...

It's been said that you can't make a good movie out of a bad screenplay. There are plenty of bad ...

Films recognized at the Oscars have been traditionally a collaborative effort. The more collaborative, the more well liked. You can ...

The Oscar-nominated screenwriters from La La Land, Hidden Figures, Moonlight, 20th Century Women, Arrival, Lion and Hell or High Water ...

Yesterday's story focused on how original screenplays, and not adapted, could feature into the Best Picture race. But today, I'd ...

It should be noted that there are a few pundits who have different films at number one than La La ...

The Best Actor race is getting crowded this week, with Tommy Lee Jones in Hope Springs and now, Richard Gere ...

We just have two big awards still to be determined - the BAFTAS and the WGA. Funnily enough, this Oscar ...

What makes a good screenplay? Ask a variety of people and you will likely get varying answers back. Original screenplays ...

The only category right now I'm not comfortable predicting is original screenplay. I think the general consensus says Milk, but ...

Photo Source Having a conversation with writer/director Courtney Hunt is like standing in the eye of a hurricane. You sense ...