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Top Reads Summer 2025

The ISA Top Reads list for Summer 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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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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The 13 Best Post-Apocalyptic Movies We’ve Ever Seen

  • Chris Morgan
  • .June 12, 2025
These are the 12 best post-apocalyptic movies we’ve ever seen, which we're sharing now for no particular reason.Perhaps you may wonder what we mean by a post-apocalyptic movie. We're referring to any film that takes place after the fall of civilization, whether due to a nuclear war, or any other cataclysmic event.There are diffe...
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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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Bill Maher Questions Trump’s 2-Week Wait on Decision to Bomb Iran: ‘Talk About a C...

  • Daren DeFrank
  • .June 21, 2025
Bill Maher could not help but question Donald Trump’s decision to wait two weeks to choose a course of action on the bombing of Iran, and devoted a good portion of Friday’s “Real Time” monologue to the big “cliffhanger.” “There’s a war going on now between Iran and Israel, and it’s interesting, it’s really split the MAGA coaliti...
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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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Who is Your Favorite Antagonist and Why? Mine is Ted Lasso.

  • Holly Payberg-Torroija
  • . April 09, 2025
Of all your favorite books, shows and movies: who is your favorite Antagonist and why?  I know for some of you that this is like asking you to play favorites amongst your babies, but just pick the one that is striking you at the moment.  For me, my favorite Antagonist, at the moment, is Ted from Ted Lasso. I know some of you mig...
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ISA Staff Picks: April 2025

  • Felicity Wren
  • . April 03, 2025
The ISA staff has selected these screenplays and their writers as outstanding examples in their genres and formats for April 2025. These scripts are being considered for submission to ISA approved agents, managers, producers, and production companies actively seeking talented writers to represent or compelling projects to produc...
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9 Game-Changing Screenwriting Lessons

Everything in life has a pattern. So does a screenplay.Writing a screenplay (or a novel or anything else) can be a lot like trying to assemble IKEA furniture without the manual - frustrating, a little chaotic, and filled with moments where you genuinely wonder your purpose in life (and let’s face it, those IKEA manuals aren’t mu...
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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

In Honor of Spaceballs 2, Here Are 12 Stories of Mel Brooks’ Original Spaceballs

  • Tim Molloy
  • . June 13, 2025
In honor of the just-announced Spaceballs 2, here are 12 behind the scenes stories of the original Spaceballs.As wild as it may sound, Mel Brooks announced Thursday that Spaceballs 2 is coming in 2027 — 40 years after the original Spaceballs. 2027 also happens to be the year that the now 98-year-old Brooks, one of the greatest c...
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First-Time Filmmakers Share a Secret Weapon: The Library

  • Tim Molloy
  • . June 13, 2025
Annapurna Sriram might not have made her debut feature Fucktoys — about a young woman's psychic-guided journey through a colorful land called Trashtown — if not for her childhood library."We would rent movies all the time, and my mom really preferred that we rented them from the Nashville Public Library because it was free, and ...
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13 Slasher Movies to Watch for Friday the 13th

  • Tim Molloy
  • . June 14, 2025
Happy Friday the 13th! If the unluckiest of days puts you in the mood to watch a classic slasher movie like Friday the 13th, we have some recommendations.Curl up with your favorite black cat, look out for ladders, and enjoy choosing from among these films. Here are 13 classic slasher movies.. Psycho (1960)Paramount - Credit: C/O...
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MOVIEMAKER

8 Horror Movie Remakes Nobody Really Needed

  • MM Writers
  • . June 14, 2025
Happy Friday the 13th! Here are eight horror movie remakes tried to improve on movies that were quite good to begin with.In honor of Robert Eggers' Nosferatu — which is thriving at the box office and does seem to meet audience demands — and the new Leigh Whannell version of The Wolf Man, which is in theaters this weekend, and fo...
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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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THE WRAP

FilmLA 5-Year Contract Approved Amid Worker Complaints

  • Umberto Gonzalez
  • . June 20, 2025
The Los Angeles Board of Public Works approved a new five-year contract with FilmLA on Friday, despite calls from industry groups for changes to the city’s film permitting system.The Los Angeles Board of Public Works voted 4-0 to extend FilmLA’s contract through June 2030, just days before the current deal was set to expire.Adri...
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THE WRAP

Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson Apple Comedy Series Halts Filming After Showrunner Exit

  • Lucas Manfredi
  • . June 20, 2025
Apple TV+ and Skydance Television’s untitled brother comedy series starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson has suspended filming.An individual familiar with the matter confirmed to TheWrap that production in Austin, Texas was paused late last week. The decision involves the departure of showrunner David West Read, who e...

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