Read an excerpt 05 Mar 2018 Lee Unkrich on embracing the darkness for Pixar’s Oscar-winning COCO Here's an excerpt from Backstory Issue 31 for your reading pleasure: (Warning: spoilers ahead!) Coco delivers Pixar’s biggest narrative twist… Danny Munso
Read an excerpt 05 Mar 2018 Oscar-winner Bryan Fogel on how Icarus was pieced together Here's an excerpt from Backstory Issue 31 for your reading pleasure: In his efforts to find a doctor who would… Danny Munso
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
Read an excerpt 10 Dec 2017 Blade Runner 2049 in Issue 29 In two separate in-depth, spoiler-filled pieces scribes Hampton Fancher & Michael Green chat about what it took to return to… Jeff Goldsmith
Interviews, Read an excerpt 05 Feb 2017 Lin-Manuel Miranda on the writing of Moana’s classic soundtrack For your reading pleasure, please enjoy this exclusive preview from Backstory. If you enjoy what you read below – we… Danny Munso