Sundance 2018 22 Jan 2018 The Miseducation of Cameron Post There's a sense of urgency to The Miseducation of Cameron Post whereby the audience is thrown into a prison of… Jeff Goldsmith
Sundance 2018 21 Jan 2018 The Tale – Sundance Review The minute the lights came up after the first screening of The Tale (U.S. Dramatic Category) audiences from the front… Jeff Goldsmith
Sundance 2018 20 Jan 2018 Monsters and Men Review Earlier today I had the pleasure of seeing a really smartly written film about the sacrifices everyday folks make in… Jeff Goldsmith
Sundance 2018 16 Jan 2018 I Think We’re Alone Now One of Sundance's may strengths lies in encouraging indie filmmakers to make genre films, and that's certainly the case with… Jeff Goldsmith
Read an excerpt 09 Jan 2018 Diving into a fantastical love story Co-writer/director Guillermo del Toro and co-writer Vanessa Taylor bent the physics of the romance narrative to define The Shape of Water.… Jeff Goldsmith
Read an excerpt 27 Dec 2017 Greta Gerwig clips her 350 page wings Writer-director Greta Gerwig on continually refining her script until Lady Bird was ready to spread its glorious wings. Here's a… Jeff Goldsmith
Read an excerpt 27 Dec 2017 Rian Johnson flashes back to Rashomon Writer-director Rian Johnson reflects on how a classic film influenced his Star Wars: The Last Jedi narrative. Here's a brief… Jeff Goldsmith
Read an excerpt 27 Dec 2017 Hannah and Singer Slide Spielberg Serious Ink The Post screenwriters Liz Hannah and Josh Singer chat about their once in a lifetime opportunity to work with Steven Spielberg… Jeff Goldsmith
Uncategorized 10 Dec 2017 Black List Tales: Bare Knuckle Black List writer David Matillo discusses the viscerally violent action-drama that opened doors for him in Hollywood in Backstory Issue… Jeff Goldsmith
Uncategorized 10 Dec 2017 Coco: Dean Kelly Interview Pixar's story supervisor Dean Kelly chats about what it took to make Coco in Backstory Issue 29. Here's an excerpt… Jeff Goldsmith
