When adapting fact-based stories for the screen, you may find that your main characters are difficult, divisive, or […]
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Steve Coogan stars in this tale of how a rescued penguin helped to transform the lives of students […]
The recent Bob Dylan biopic provides a good example of how you can shape historical events into a […]
The addition of a real-life historical figure can elevate a fictional narrative, whatever the genre. So, here, we […]
The early career of Bob Dylan is the subject of this impressive biopic, which departs from the traditional […]
A sports broadcasting unit sent to Munich to cover the 1972 Olympic Games must pivot to live news […]
Saturday Night takes us back to October 1975 and the 90 frenetic minutes leading up to the first […]
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Our series on key names, genres, and movements to know about in fact-based film and television moves on […]
One of the challenges of writing the historical film is that the story is… well historical. This raises […]
Jeff Nichols’ visceral crime drama benefits from some strong performances but takes us on an emotionally unsatisfying ride […]
While its main narrative is fictional, Quentin Tarantino’s 2019 feature blends fiction with fact to entertaining and somewhat […]
To tie-in with the recent controversies surrounding The Apprentice (2024), we take a look at some other fact-based […]
An ambitious TV news booker attempts to secure an interview for BBC’s Newsnight show with Prince Andrew to […]
When it comes to a fact-based film, placing the narrative into its historical context is as important as […]
To mark the release of the zany Unfrosted (2024) here’s a quick run-down of a few films which […]
The real-life rivalry between two leading cereal-makers in the 1960s leads to a poptastic breakfast creation in this […]
Our series on key names, genres, and movements to know about in fact-based film and television moves on […]
If you plan to tell a screen story inspired by real-life events, the facts of which are in […]
The screenplay for the James Mangold-directed racing film Ford v Ferrari (aka Le Mans ’66) is a great […]
In 1972, Brooklyn schoolteacher turned Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm becomes the first black woman to run for president in […]
Our series on key names, genres, and movements to know about in fact-based film and television moves on offer […]
A “cursed” family of well-known wrestlers is the subject of this biographical drama, which, while largely impressive, suffers […]
The life and marriage of renowned composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein is the subject of this stylised “biopic”, […]
To mark the recent release of Bradley Cooper’s Maestro (2023), which focuses on the life of Leonard Bernstein, […]
Mother Nature is the foe in this inspiring sports biopic, in which retired open water swimmer Diana Nyad […]
Even before its release, this fictionalised account of the real-life discovery of Richard III’s remains under a car […]
In office from 1969 to 1974, US President Richard Nixon has been portrayed in various films and documentaries, […]