by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent In a Screenwriting Galaxy Far, Far, Away, the Writers Guild Foundation (https://www.wgfoundation.org) once held “Words Into Pictures,” a series of conferences that brightened the years 1997, 1999, and 2002, with debates about everything from character development to story-craft. Around about 1999, David Koepp (writer of Jurassic Park, The Panic Room and more) and Stand By Me’s Rob Reiner got into it over VFX vs Storytelling. &...

  by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent   A few unusual things happened last night at the WGA Awards held simultaneous in LA and NY. Namely, WGA West held a first-ever competition Twitter competition for all comers to finish the sentence "The secret to great writing is..." with the hashtag #mightypen. Talk about a free-for-all! The finalist was chosen by voters during the show and streamed live via Los Angeles Times. Second, the screenplays for Her (Joaquin Ph...

With his latest film, writer and director Spike Jonze gives science fiction fans a reason to celebrate. Yet Her, a gizmo-fueled meditation on love, loneliness and technology, is emotionally perceptive and slyly funny enough to beguile even hard core sci fi detractors.  Not that Jonze's prior poppings down worm holes have lacked insight into the human heart. However wild things were with Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and Where the Wild Things Are, Jonze has always been up for ti...

by Alexander Acosta Osorio ÉCU 2012 winner for Best Editing “Her Mother’s Daughters”, director Ooanagh Kearney dishes on her film as well as inspiration, challenges and what the future holds for her. This interview was written couple of weeks before ÉCU 2012 festival. “Her Mother’s Daughters”  tells the story of an older woman who stands by a window in an empty house. Her daughters have flown the nest.  As she waits for them to call, their memory is brought ...