Month: July 2016
Mean Streets
When Martin Scorsese wrote the screenplay of Mean Streets he was a struggling filmmaker with just a few low budget films and editing jobs to […]
Stranger Things (season one)
As a horror script writer for hire I loved every second of Stranger Things even down to the font used for the title sequence. And […]
At Close Range
As a UK script consultant I’ve often written scripts for clients that are based on true life stories. At Close Range from 1986 is a […]
My top five Walter Hill movies
I’m a massive fan of the American writer/director Walter Hill. Here’s my top five movies by this cult auteur. To clarify, these are films that […]
Drugstore Cowboy
In London Kills Me, a film set in the 90s about British druggies one of them comments that ‘druggies are boring, all the do is […]
Boogie Nights
When I first went to see Boogie Nights I expected something exploitive and titillating. I think half of the people in the cinema did. I’d […]
The American Friend aka Der amerikanische Freund
I grew up watching The American Friend. I loved it, I loved the slowness, the stillness and the amazing photography. I liked the performances and […]