Network Upfronts for Ad Buying is changing & do you need a pitch deck for your screenplay? Plus, watching 1883, Yellowstone, Angelyne & Chip n' Dale. Topics:Top Story: Network Up-fronts Are Changing News & Sports Dominate...

This week, Alrik and Liz chat with writer and manager Leyla Kader Dahm about how she found her way into management and what she does in her day-to-day. After that, we discuss an article about making festival films more immediately...

SPACED: I know what you are going to say. Episode 77, shouldn’t this be episode 81? Good eye. Benish and I tried to record this episode twice and Skype let us down. But three’s the charm and Skype came through, but I decided to...

Aaron Sorkin tells us about his mentor William Goldman, why the first 15 pages of the script and the last 15 minutes of a movie are vital, and the importance of failure. He also gives specific examples from his scripts for The...

Shayna & Max discuss the ongoing Cannes Film Festival & some great articles for screenwriters written by leaders within the industry, Michael Huge & Pen Densham. Time Stamps:0:00 - Top Story: Cannes Film Festival 5:10...

This week on On Story, Bill and Ted and Men in Black writer Ed Solomon delves into the beginning of the writing process. Watch as he discusses when to pursue an idea, when to leave one behind, and finding the right state of mind for...

This week, Alrik and Liz chat with seven-time feature filmmaker Richard Ledes about his latest feature, Adieu Lacan. Richard talks about how he was able to shoot the film in ten days and his minimalist approach to indie filmmaking...

How are things for the people of Vaal? Well they seem good, but not good enough for Captain Kirk. Hitting up another side of “This Side of Paradise,” we’re putting “The Apple” in the Mission Log.

PRETTY AS A PICARESQUE: New Pop Art episode. Join me and filmmaker Steve Herold (Death of an Umbrella Salesman, Walmea) while we talk two films inspired by Voltaire’s Candide, The Jerk and O Lucky Man! “I was born a poor black...

Was the right person arrested for killing 3 women in a cave at Starved Rock State Park in Illinois in 1960? Documentary filmmaker Adam Ridley sheds some light on this mysterious case as co-executive producer of HBO's Murders at...

This week we talk about the masks coming off on film/tv productions, A new Dr. Who, all about brainstorming and workshopping in TV. Then Max reveals his next Max Reacts video and a bizarre scene in Outer Banks while Shayna laughed...

This week we talk to some Indie Producing legends.  Kevin Chinoy was one of the minds that brought you the cult classic show Greg The Bunny.  Francesca and Kevin produced Starlet, Tangerine, The Florida Project and Lorelei. ...

This week Alrik and Liz welcome filmmaker Naveen Chathapuram on the show to talk about making his directorial debut The Last Victim, which hits theaters on May 13th. We talk about the long journey to make the movie as well as a...

What happened to Shane Stant, the hulking 22-year-old who attacked Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan in 1994? A moving new documentary, My Hero the Hitman, details his later life as a protector to his younger sister — and his...

WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE:  Join filmmaker Nicole Jones-Dion, one of the winners of the Fox Writers Incubator Program, as we discuss two films about people caught between life and death-the horror/thriller Jacob’s Ladder and the...

Ahead of Memorial Day this month, we look at writing for war films with screenwriters David Broyles, Bill Broyles, Randall Wallace and Bruce C. McKenna.

Episode 63: Plus, John Fithian, CEO of the National Association of Theater Owners, explains from CinemaCon why movies are back! This week on “TheWrap-Up,” host and TheWrap founder and editor-in-chief Sharon Waxman and guest...

This week Alrik and Liz welcome writer and director Riley Stearns on the show to talk about his latest feature Dual, starring Karen Gillan. Riley talks about how he wrote the movie on spec, how the film got financed and how his...

Mike Roe always wanted to be a storyteller. Currently, he’s a writer for LAist, where he covers arts and entertainment. In one viral article, “Werewolf Bar Mitzvah from 30 Rock: an Oral History” Mike was approached...

Max & Shayna take a look at the big shake-ups impacting Netflix & Twitter. Top Story: The end of Netflix? Netflix changes other than password sharing Legal side of screenwriting Jerry West lawsuit over Winning Time Make Hollywood...