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One of the challenges of writing the historical film is that the story is… well historical. This raises […]
An ambitious TV news booker attempts to secure an interview for BBC’s Newsnight show with Prince Andrew to […]
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 […]
Mother Nature is the foe in this inspiring sports biopic, in which retired open water swimmer Diana Nyad […]
Who says exposition is boring and hard to weave into a script? In The Trial of the Chicago […]
Even before its release, this fictionalised account of the real-life discovery of Richard III’s remains under a car […]
While it’s based on compelling historical material, Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher offers a good example of […]