Genre: Buddy Cop? Premise: (from Black List) A rogue cop suffers a gunshot wound in 1987 and wakes from a coma thirty years later, where he is partnered with a mild- mannered progressive detective – his son. About: Former real-life cop Will Beall burst onto the scene in 2009 with the highly touted spec, “L.A. […]

Genre: Thriller Premise: After a young woman is left for dead in the desert by three men, she hunts them down one by one. About: Writer-director Coralie Fargeat’s surprising first film is generating a lot of conversation. Is it a “synthesis of exploitation and feminism,” like New York Times film critic A.O. Scott labels it? […]

DIALOGUE WEEK IS HERE! – All this week, I’ve been breaking down dialogue scenes from the movies you love. Monday’s Dialogue Post is here. Tuesday’s post is here. And yesterday’s post is here. If you want to go to dialogue school, check out Training Day. It’s basically a 120 minute dialogue scene. Which brings us […]

DIALOGUE WEEK IS HERE! – All this week, I’ll be breaking down dialogue scenes from movies you love. Monday’s Dialogue Post is here. Yesterday’s post is here. Today we’re covering a different kind of scene. Admittedly, it’s not the strongest scene of the week. But I picked it because it’s representative of the kind of […]

DIALOGUE WEEK IS HERE! – All this week, I’ll be breaking down dialogue scenes from movies you love. Yesterday’s Dialogue Post is here. I picked this scene not only because this is a great movie. But in interviews with Emily and Kumail, they’re open about the fact that this is their first screenplay. They didn’t […]