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‘There are flashes of something great here’ … Big Baby. Photograph: Shudder‘There are flashes of something great here’ … Big Baby. Photograph: Shudder Review

Inspiration for a great storyline can come from anywhere — whether that be a classic work of literature or a great pop song.

Sam Chalsen and Nelson Greaves walked where the subjects of the new film, Unabomber, did. The pair attended Harvard University, which is the film’s primary setting. The film depicts Ted Kaczynski (Jacob Tremblay) during his time at the university, where he underwent intense psychological experiments administered by Professor Henry Murray (Russell Crowe).

This week, Professor Sari Fordham’s Living Writers Series students were visited by two famous screenwriters, Professor Juliet Giglio from the English and creative writing department and Keith Giglio, where the pair gave a lively presentation on their individual career trajectories in relation to the semester’s theme of artificial intelligence versus artistic intelligence. The first powerpoint…

NATO is holding closed-door meetings with filmmakers to discuss the global situation. Some participants view this as an attempt to influence content and a form of propaganda.

The 83rd Venice International Film Festival runs Sept. 2-12, 2026. Traditionally, Venice marks the beginning of the end-of-year awards push for film, with recent Oscar darlings Bugonia and Frankenstein coming off the Lido last year.

You have probably heard that filmmaking is a director’s medium. Whether it’s ranking directors by their total box office or even their number of “perfect movies,” there’s no denying that a lot of attention is paid to whoever is sitting in the director’s chair. Perhaps this dedicated devotion to directors is unfair to the screenwriters, who,…

Given that what we see in the movies often originates in the minds of screenwriters, it’s inevitable that screenwriters occasionally become the subjects of movies themselves; their practices, their inspirations, their relationship to filmmaking and place within the industry all put up on the screen. Cinema hardly knows of a more self-reflexive act. If your…

Protesters gather on Clapham Common in London after a vigil in memory of Sarah Everard is cancelled in March 2021. Photo: Victoria Jones / Getty

Gala screening of Hajduk in Belgrade at MTS Hall, the film that opens the competition program in Vrnjacka Banja./ Photo: Kurir/Filip Olcan