We’re reappraising a classic, both from a screenwriter’s eye and from modern audiences’ perspectives, as WriteMovies explores the iconic James Dean film REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE in a two-part series of articles. Next time, our Director pins down why its themes stood out so much, but first, our Lost Generation blogger Jake Morgan reviews whether the film that helped define the ‘teenager’ still speaks to today’s youth. (more…)
The Grand Prize winner from our Spring Contest is an epic tale of the Mexican War of Independence, telling the story of how an American slave became a leader in the fight for freedom: THE BANNER by Ernestina Juarez!
What does it take to win a screenwriting contest? WriteMovies Director Ian Kennedy interviews Vanisha Renée Pierce about her successes in our contests and what helped her scripts to stand out in them.
After receiving an Honorable Mention in our Winter Contest, the third placed script from our Spring Contest has kept getting better and better, and shows why you should always keep working to improve your script: FULL CONFESSION by Michael Mack!
It’s the day we’ve all been waiting for – today we announce the winners of the WriteMovies Spring 2021 Screenwriting Contest! This is the last major contest we’ll be running this year, so it’s extra exciting for us to see which entries emerge as the winners that we’ll be working to develop and pitch to industry.
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Sanjay Dutt – Infamous Bollywood Actor
As more of us get the chance to discover Indian films on streaming services, WriteMovies’ Director Ian Kennedy explores these often lavish films to ask whether Hollywood should take Bollywood more seriously. He discusses the appeals of Bollywood films for English-language audiences, and asks whether Bollywood should take ITSELF more seriously to break through to the rest of the world now that PARASITE has shown that non-English-language films can triumph!