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Why Every Screenwriter Needs a Table Read — And How It Launches Careers

  • . June 24, 2025
There’s a moment in every screenwriter’s journey when the script on the page needs to become something more—something real. You’ve stared at the words, revised them, heard them in your head a thousand times. But it isn’t until those words are spoken—by real actors, in real time—that you truly understand what’s working and what i...
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June 18, 2025
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Creative Screenwriting
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What Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof Endured for “The Seed Of The Sacred Fig"

The international film landscape is essential in shaping a global approach to cinema. Oftentimes, it isn’t simply the types of stories or the way they are told by specific voices that excite audiences, but also the way in which they were made.Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed Of The Sacred Fig is astonishing in its raw truthfulness, ...
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The Facets of Tribalism: A Conversation with ‘Opus’ Writer-Director Ma...

  • Sadie Dean
  • .March 14, 2025
Mark Anthony Green discusses his approach to filmmaking, focusing on thematic anchors, like tribalism and character development, particularly Ariel’s character. As well as his overall mission to engage with audiences, his dream collaboration with music artists Nile Rodgers and The-Dream and praises his crew for giving it their a...
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12 Stories From the 1970s Comedy Classic That Led to Airplan...

  • Tim Molloy
  • .June 22, 2025
Without Kentucky Fried Movie, the first film from Jim Abrahams and his partners, Jerry and David Zucker, we might never have gotten Animal House, Airplane!, or The Naked Gun films.We also might not have gotten the Oscar-winning drama Out of Africa. (We're totally serious about that: Read on.)Here are 12 behind the scenes stories...
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ISA TOP 25 SCREENWRITERS TO WATCH Interview With Adam Karlson

Each year, The International Screenwriters’ Association compiles a list of the 25 screenwriters to watch. This year, Film Inquiry is here to guide you through the incredible list of gifted individuals! Our next writer is Adam Karlson. Film Inquiry spoke with Adam about his writing process, the details of his script Choke, tips f...
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Netflix Tops Strategic Counsel ‘Must Keep TV’ List for 6th Consecutive Year

  • Lucas Manfredi
  • .July 03, 2025
Netflix has topped the Strategic Counsel’s “Must Keep TV” list for the sixth year in a row as the leading television brand in the U.S. for 2025.Following closely behind is ABC hanging onto the 2nd place spot for the sixth consecutive year, followed by Prime Video, CBS and Fox. Rounding out the Top 10 are NBC, which moves up one ...
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Crafting Dialogue That Pops: 10 Tips for Writing Memorable Conversations

  • May 21, 2025
When it comes to screenwriting, dialogue can make or break your script. It’s not just about what characters say—it’s about what they don’t say, how they say it, and how their words reveal who they are. Great dialogue deepens character, drives the story forward, and keeps readers glued to the page.According to Creative Screenwrit...
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ISA Staff Picks: May 2025

The ISA team is proud to spotlight these screenplays and their writers as standout examples in their respective genres and formats for May 2025. These projects are currently under consideration for submission to ISA-approved agents, managers, producers, and production companies actively seeking fresh talent and high-quality mate...
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ISA ARTICLES

Write From The Wound, Publish From the Scar

  • Holly Payberg-Torroija
  • . April 15, 2025
I attended a retreat facilitated by Elizabeth Gilbert and Rachel Cargle, and this was just one, of the many, important wisdom bombs Liz dropped on us at this wonderful 3 day retreat.   She said it in response to a question one of the participants asked: was it better to write from the wound or the scar? And I felt her answer was...
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Top Reads Spring 2025

The ISA Top Reads list for Spring 2025 has been announced! The writers' projects have been evaluated by multiple ISA readers, advancing through multiple stages of the Writing Gig consideration process, contests, and fellowship applications.After being heavily considered for our gig mandates and other submissions, these writers a...
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CS MAGAZINE

What Makes High School Movies Work? (Part 2)

ArchetypesParents (good and bad), teachers (good and bad), friends, teammates, and classmates (good and bad), and siblings all form the basis of an archetypal character set.In The Edge of Seventeen:Nadine’s mother: a bit unraveled and trying to cope with her own life as well as her two children. Nadine’s father is dead and that’...
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What Makes High School Movies Work? (Part 1)

High school movies span decades. There are thousands covering most of film and TV history. This is mainly for one reason: the themes in them are universal.The stories of high school are the stories of life. Of joy, sadness, yearning, accomplishment, and all things in-between.On The Edge of Seventeen is a prime example of the com...
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6 Helpful Things To Consider To Make An Impactful Short Film

Short films have been an effective way for many screenwriters to showcase their storytelling skills. They can be shown at film festivals, industry screenings and events, and online to help promote your screenwriting career.Here are some pointers that screenwriters might consider when writing a short film script:1) Make It ShortA...
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Halina Reijn Wrestles With Control In Erotic Thriller “Babygirl”

Erotic thrillers are back.In an electric explosion of passion, sexuality, and gender dynamics, Dutch filmmaker Halina Reijn (Red Light, Bodies Bodies Bodies) tracks two super-charged and vulnerable characters Romy (Nicole Kidman) and Samuel (Harris Dickinson) who break most corporate and relationship norms when CEO Romy and her ...
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Interview with Director Catherine Gund about Her New Film 'Meanwhile'

  • Susan Kouguell
  • . March 13, 2025
In this wide-ranging interview, Susan Kouguell discusses with filmmaker Catherine Gund their respective work and shared artistic sensibilities in terms of employing nontraditional filmmaking structures, the inclusion of poetry in film, tackling challenging subject matter, and how to make it the most honest. It was a pleasure to ...
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What Happens in the Field, Stays in the Field: David Koepp Discusses His New Thriller 'Black Bag'

  • Andrew Bloomenthal
  • . March 12, 2025
David Koepp talks about penning this crackling thriller, writing on spec, and utilizing a MacGuffin that’s simple and powerful. Espionage films are notoriously delicious. Black Bag--the new spy thriller written by David Koepp, is no exception. In this taut tale of British intrigue, National Cyber Security Centre agent George Woo...
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Make Your Script's Opening Pages Stand Out

  • Script Magazine
  • . March 11, 2025
This live webinar will explore why these pages matter so much, and how you can entice a reader to stay with your script.The opening pages of a script matter far more than you think. They are the chance a busy Literary Manager/Agent/Producer/Actor gives you to impress them with your command of craft, story and above all, characte...
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Writing the Sci-Fi Screenplay

  • The Writers Store
  • . March 11, 2025
When writing the Sci-Fi script, audiences are looking for entertaining stories with interesting, developed characters that take them out of this world and into another. The Writer’s Store staff created this bundle of ten products to help Sci-Fi writers take their script to the next level and get it sold. With examples from block...
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MOVIEMAKER

Social Studies Director Lauren Greenfield on How Social Media Shapes Teenage Life

  • Joshua Encinias
  • . June 23, 2025
“I  think social media makes a lot of teens feel like crap, but they don’t know how to stop using it,” says Cooper, one of the teenagers featured in Lauren Greenfield’s docuseries Social Studies, summarizing its thesis.“There’s like this pressure — doing all that you do without flaws. I need a perfect resume. I need a perfect GP...
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5 Horror Movie Remakes That Improve on the Originals

  • MM Writers
  • . June 23, 2025
These horror movie remakes did things the originals couldn't.Perhaps because studios and the Motion Picture Association loosened up, or because of less easily shocked audiences, they were able to push viewers limits further than the originals. And some were just better made, thanks to the filmmakers standing on the shoulders of ...
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How Running a Film Festival Helped Me Get Into Sundance

  • Erin Brown Thomas
  • . June 24, 2025
As the co-founder and artistic director of the Salute Your Shorts Film Festival — and a filmmaker myself — I’ve spent the past nine years learning exactly what gets a film noticed by programmers, and applying it to my own work. That paid off when Chasers, a 31-minute “oner” that SYSFF executive director Elle Shaw produced and I ...
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15 of Dana Carvey’s Master of Disguise Characters, Ranked

  • Margeaux Sippell
  • . June 24, 2025
Are you turtley enough for the turtle club? If you remember Dana Carvey's 2002 comedy The Master of Disguise, then you most certainly are. We decided to rank all 15 of Dana Carvey's main characters in the movie from worst to best.Keep in mind, this movie came out 22 years ago, so some of these characters have aged better than ot...
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FILM INQUIRY

Glasgow Film Festival 2024: THE G

There seems no end to the vulturous nature of late-stage capitalism. Just when it seems every crevice of society has been mined for content, a fresh new subject crops up waiting to be explored. In this wintery cold noir from Karl R. Hearne, the subject is elder care facilities and the way they’re used to exploit the elderly and ...
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FILM INQUIRY

SKIN DEEP: A Body Swap Romance Exploring The Modern “Self”

Skin Deep opens as a disoriented man totters through a bedroom. There’s a catatonic figure lying in the bed nearby as light streams through the window. His befuddlement is ours as well. It sets a perturbing mood against the Gregorian undertones of the music. There’s something strikingly beautiful in another subsequent image: a y...
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FILM INQUIRY

Scream Dreams Podcast Interview

In the world of horror podcasts, some can be a nightmare. Or, in the case of Scream Dreams, AMP’s podcast, the horrors are actual nightmares, as the podcast dives into them in a compelling and unique fashion. With a myriad of guests from within the horror genre, co-hosts Catherine Corcoran and James A Janisse interview and get i...
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FILM INQUIRY

TAYLOR SWIFT: THE ERAS TOUR: A Lightning In A Bottle Cultural Phenomenon

In her ongoing quest for world domination, Taylor Swift made a quick detour at the gates of cinema last year with her uniquely marketed concert film. Being released in tandem with her ongoing Eras Tour, which the film documents, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour was a box office juggernaut that defied expectations. And while the film ...
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Brad Pitt Explains Why He Joked About Bradley Cooper Losing ‘Maestro’ Awards Despite It Being ‘One of the Best...

  • Casey Loving
  • . July 02, 2025
Brad Pitt finally shed some light on why he poked fun at Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro” losing so many awards, even though he thinks it’s one of the best films of the decade. The reason? A long-standing football rivalry with his friend who is a Philadelphia Eagles fan.Pitt, a Springfield, MO, native and Kansas City Chiefs fan, went ...
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‘Crimson Tide’ Sequel in the Works, Jerry Bruckheimer Says | Video

  • Jeremy Fuster
  • . July 02, 2025
After producing “Top Gun: Maverick” 36 years after the release of the original 1986 Tom Cruise fighter pilot classic, Jerry Bruckheimer has his eyes on another one of his classic films for a legacy-quel: the submarine thriller “Crimson Dawn.”The producer revealed his plans during an interview on “The Rich Eisen Show” while promo...

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