It's somewhere on the wrong side of 4 a.m., John Hawkes is casually smoking cigarettes on an outdoor couch, the German actor Udo Kier just went back to the coffin he likely sleeps in, and Cinefamily's back patio looks like the early morning lull after a biker-gang Christmas party. There are beercans ... More >>
Paul T. BradleyDemon with a glass temper, Harlan Ellison Seriously, don't fuck with Harlan Ellison -- he showed up to Cinefamily last night with a knife. Well, if you're Josh Olson, you can fuck with Harlan Ellison...but only a little bit. Why shouldn't you fuck with the man who is, by his ... More >>
Dustin Lance Black, Diablo Cody and Josh Olson Famed screenwriters Dustin Lance Black (Milk), Diablo Cody (Juno), the team Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (The Chronicles of Narnia) and Josh Olson (A History of Violence) shared real talk about life as a writer-for-hire at the Los Angel ... More >>
We know you've been working very hard on your screenplay, but before you go looking for some professional feedback, you might keep in mind the following piece by A History of Violence screenwriter Josh Olson. I will not read your fucking script. That's simple enough, isn't it? "I will not read yo ... More >>
They are the modern versions of monster stories. True Crime writers seek out such tales every day, finding them in two sentence-long police blotter blurbs, law enforcement sources lamenting the one that got away, or victims looking for justice. They pile on hours of research and interviews, buil ... More >>
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