From The Sydney Morning Herald: You just think you want to write movies. Honest. Louis Nowra (Map of the Human Heart, The Matchmaker, K-19: the Widowmaker) explains why. (We particularly like his anecdote about Harvey Weinstein.)

 

From The Palestine Chronicle: Should Arthur Miller refuse the Jerusalem Prize?

 

From The Observer: There's some great arcana in this amusing meditation on movie titles and how they can make or break a film. It's well-known that Woody Allen's original title for Annie Hall was Anhedonia. But did you know that his co-screenwriter Marshall Brickman wanted to call it It Had To Be Jew?

 

From the Sydney Morning-Herald: A decorated war veteran makes his playwriting debut at the age of 87.

 

From Screenwriters Online: A streaming interview with screenwriter Ed Solomon. Solomon wrote Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and Men in Black, but his new film, Levity, is a distinct change of pace. (See also the article below.) Here he explains why he chose to direct this one himself.