Dead Man's Curve: Quentin Tarantino Drives You to the Grindhouse
Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez are bringing back the '70s with Grindhouse's double bill of murder and mayhem. Here Tarantino tells you why you should love B-movies, the joy of writing quickly, and why his stalker car-chase movie Death Proof is a chick flick.
BY JEREMY SMITH

On the Lookout: Scott Frank's Directing Debut Mixes Crime, Identity, and a Little Advice from Mr. Spielberg
Scott Frank merges his interests in crime fiction and identity to create a story about a brain-damaged janitor pressed into service by bank robbers—a story that Frank turned into his feature-film directing debut.
BY JEFF GOLDSMITH

So You Want to Direct? Advice From Screenwriters Who Moved Behind the Camera
Five scribes step out from behind the keyboard to offer advice and anecdotes from their forays into the director's chair, and what writers helming their feature debut can expect the first time they call "Action!"
BY JASON DAVIS

From Author to Auteur: A Survey of Directing Classes, Workshops, Seminars, & Film Schools
So you've decided you want to direct. What skills do you need? And where do you go to get them? From two-day seminars to two-year MFAs, an overview of the paths you can travel to learn how to turn your words into pictures.
BY NANCY HENDRICKSON

So You Want to Make a Documentary? The Six Areas You Need to Explore
The co-author of The Documentary Film Makers Handbook leads you through the steps to create a documentary, with a few words of advice from people who have been there and lived to screen their films about it.
BY ANDREW ZINNES

COMING SOON…

Hot Fuzz
Shaun of the Dead creators put a British spin on the action genre.
BY JUDD BLOCH

The Last Mimzy
Bruce Joel Rubin writes the ending to a story he saw as a child.
BY PETER CLINES

300
Zack Snyder and Kurt Johnstad convert Frank Miller's bloody graphic novel into a CGI epic.
BY JEREMY SMITH

Away From Her
Actress Sarah Polley adapts Alice Munro for her first screenplay.
BY DANNY MUNSO

I Think I Love My Wife
Chris Rock and Louis C.K. turn Erich Rohmer's infidelity drama into a comedy.
BY DANNY MUNSO

Sunshine
Alex Garland's latest pits mankind against a dying sun.
BY DAVID MICHAEL WHARTON

Zodiac
Jamie Vanderbilt turns the unsolved case of the Zodiac killer into "the last serial killer movie" for Se7en's David Fincher.
BY JEREMY SMITH

Lucky You
Eric Roth's first original script in almost a decade focuses on poker, Las Vegas, and redemption.
BY DANNY MUNSO

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