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Featured Friday: Weaving Plotlines

February 7, 2025 Weekend Read

Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week. This week, we look at ensemble movies with multiple plots that all add up to something bigger. It’s extremely difficult to balance, maintain momentum and bring it all together in the end, but looking at the […]

Featured Friday: 90’s Maximalism

January 31, 2025 Weekend Read

Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week. This week, we look at those over-the-top explosive epics of the 90’s that pushed the limits of the form (and good taste), wore their hearts on their sleeves, and made movies bigger in every way. Our […]

Featured Friday: And the Nominees Are…

January 24, 2025 Weekend Read

Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week. This week, we feature every script nominated for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay at the 97th Academy Awards. Our collection includes: A Complete Unknown by James Mangold and Jay Cocks A Real Pain by […]

Featured Friday: Social Realism

January 17, 2025 Weekend Read

Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week. This week, we look at how filmmakers use hyper-realistic depictions of contemporary issues to critique the power structures that govern our everyday lives. Our collection includes: Another Year by Mike Leigh Hard Truths by Mike Leigh […]

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