Finding Discipline Through Dance (From Script)
In this week’s round up brought to us by Script magazine, read an in-depth interview with The Last Showgirl scribe Kate Gersten and how she found discipline and inspiration through dance. Plus, “Script Gods Must Die” column is back, this time with a cheeky take on AI, get a sneak peak of this year’s most anticipated films, and so much more!
INDIE SPOTLIGHT: Interview with Alone in Venice Filmmaker Jules East
Jules East, a rising independent Chinese filmmaker, talks about her unlikely filmmaking journey to making her first two feature films, and how being diligent, a risk taker, asking for help, and being scrappy can get you pretty far in the low-budget indie world.
2025 Film Preview
2025 promises to be a year of revisiting some popular franchises, reimagining old favorites, and taking chances with original films suited for various proclivities.
SCRIPT GODS MUST DIE: LUNA ‘N ME
Here’s something new coming at you from “Script Gods Must Die…” I’m going to try a Point/Counterpoint with my AI–who happens to be named Luna. The 1.7 million AI-hating writers on R/Screenwriting just sighed. Don’t worry, folks. I’m no Benedict Arnold to “the cause”. I’ve got the same deep distrust as you do on how this all turns out. But I want to use this column to hear straight to the horse’s mouth, as it were.
UNDERSTANDING SCREENWRITING: Oldies and Newbies, Take Your Pick
So here is a mix of newbies such as Blitz, Gladiator II, Day of the Fight, and Here; and oldies like Crossroads and Doctor Zhivago, and maybe the last of one that has been around for a while, “Yellowstone.”
Creative on Her Own Terms: How The Last Showgirl Screenwriter Kate Gersten Finds Discipline Through Dance
Kate Gersten shares how inspiration for The Last Showgirl struck more than a decade ago and how the film explores what qualifies as art.
NEW! Developing Your Voice on the Page
The key to juggling all these conflicting demands lies in developing your screenwriting voice; the unique quality of a script that only you can bring to the page, and which will leave a lasting impression on your reader.
