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The Art of Screenwriting

Volume 22, Issue 10 / October 2018

A special focus on screenwriting, with contributions by two writers who have specialized in screenplay analysis for Offscreen, Tom Stempel and Elaine Lennon.

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In this issue

A Continuation of the History of American Screenwriting 2000-2018, Part I

Little Films

Tom Stempel
A Continuation of the History of American Screenwriting 2000-2018, Part II

Big Films

Tom Stempel
A Continuation of the History of American Screenwriting 2000-2018, Part III

The Return of the Studio System

Tom Stempel
When Women Wrote Hollywood: Essays on Female Screenwriters in the Early Film Industry

Elaine Lennon
Transcultural Screenwriting. Telling Stories for a Global World

Elaine Lennon

Offscreen Notes

Sondra Locke Dies (1944-Nov. 3, 2018)

December 14th

Actress Sondra Locke died Nov. 3, 2018 at the age of 74. Locke will be most likely remembered as the long-time former girlfriend of Clint Eastwood, acting in six of his seminal films during his heyday of the 1970s,… Read more →

Bernardo Betolucci 1941-November 26, 2018

November 26th

A few days ago it was Nicolas Roeg (Nov. 23) and today cinema loses another legend, with the passing of Bernardo Bertolucci (Variety). Bertolucci was at the forefront of International cinema of the 1960s and 1970s, managing to breakthrough… Read more →

Nicolas Roeg dead at 90.

November 25th

One of the most important and inventive directors (and cinematographers) of his generation, Nicolas Roeg, has died at age 90. Read more →

The Art of Screenwriting

In this issue

A Continuation of the History of American Screenwriting 2000-2018, Part I

A Continuation of the History of American Screenwriting 2000-2018, Part II

A Continuation of the History of American Screenwriting 2000-2018, Part III

When Women Wrote Hollywood: Essays on Female Screenwriters in the Early Film Industry

Transcultural Screenwriting. Telling Stories for a Global World

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Film Festival Reports: FNC, Karlovy Vary, Hot Docs

Political Film and Theory

Offscreen Notes

Sondra Locke Dies (1944-Nov. 3, 2018)

Bernardo Betolucci 1941-November 26, 2018

Nicolas Roeg dead at 90.