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Calling all screenwriters: the 2016 Black List Feature Screenwriters Lab is open for submissions!
Calling all screenwriters: the 2016 Black List Feature Screenwriters Lab is open for submissions!
We‘re very excited to let you know that the opt-in period for this year’s Lab has just opened. Here are all of the details:
Megan Halpern
2 days ago
Welcome to The Black List Blog on Medium!
Welcome to The Black List Blog on Medium!
Hey there! Welcome to The Black List Blog (you might know us from the annual Black List or blcklst.com) which celebrates the art and craft…
Kate Hagen
4 days ago
Essential Female Films: Kiwi Smith on DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN, AFTERNOON DELIGHT, and MISTRESS…
Essential Female Films: Kiwi Smith on DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN, AFTERNOON DELIGHT, and MISTRESS…
For our final entry (for now!) in the #essentialfemalefilms series, writer-producer-maven Kiwi Smith (LEGALLY BLONDE, 10 THINGS I HATE…
Kate Hagen
5 days ago
The 2016 Independent Spirit Awards: Press Room Photos
The 2016 Independent Spirit Awards: Press Room Photos
I was on the (red) blue carpet and in the press room for Saturday’s Independent Spirit Awards.
Kate Hagen
Mar 1
Featured
Athena Film Festival: An All-Female Mini-Lab in NYC!
Athena Film Festival: An All-Female Mini-Lab in NYC!
Since it’s Women’s History Month, it feels appropriate to finally share a very cool experience that we had last month at the Athena Film…
Kate Hagen
Mar 11
The Sundance Diaries: Part Three
The Sundance Diaries: Part Three
Photo by Terrell Garrett
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Days Four and Five from Kristina Zacharias:
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Monday, January 25–2016
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Unable to sleep, I woke up to chat…
Kate Hagen
Feb 26
The Black List Interview: Sean Macaulay
The Black List Interview: Sean Macaulay
Today, we chat with SEAN MACAULAY, a screenwriter of 20th Century Fox’s EDDIE THE EAGLE, which stars Hugh Jackman and Taron Egerton, and…
Kate Hagen
Jan 29
Data
All Time Showdown at the Box Office
All Time Showdown at the Box Office
This past weekend, Star Wars: The Force Awakens passed $900 million domestically.
Kate Hagen
Feb 11
Ratings v. Downloads on the Black List Website
Ratings v. Downloads on the Black List Website
We’ve had some writers ask about the relationship between ratings and downloads, so I wanted to do a quick analysis on what writers can…
Kate Hagen
Feb 1
Adjusted Domestic Box Office Revenue
Adjusted Domestic Box Office Revenue
As Star Wars continues to break every record, we wanted to look to see if we could spot any trends when looking at adjust revenues for top…
Kate Hagen
Jan 19
Essential Black Films
Essential Black Films: Aisha Muharrar on DOPE and BELLE
Essential Black Films: Aisha Muharrar on DOPE and BELLE
Aisha Muharrar, a writer and producer of PARKS AND RECREATION, chats with us about two recent releases for #essentialblackfilms!
Kate Hagen
Feb 17
Essential Films from Black Filmmakers: Edward Ricourt on LOVE JONES
Essential Films from Black Filmmakers: Edward Ricourt on LOVE JONES
Today, screenwriter Edward Ricourt (NOW YOU SEE ME, JESSICA JONES) shares his thoughts on why Theodore Witcher’s 1997 film LOVE JONES is an…
Kate Hagen
Feb 10
Essential Films from Black Filmmakers
Essential Films from Black Filmmakers
Today, we’re excited to launch a new series on The Black List Blog in celebration of potentially overlooked films from directors of all…
Kate Hagen
Feb 8
Feminist Films
Essential Female Films: Kate Hagen on MARIE ANTOINETTE, MORVERN CALLAR, and MIKEY AND NICKY
Essential Female Films: Kate Hagen on MARIE ANTOINETTE, MORVERN CALLAR, and MIKEY AND NICKY
Black List Director of Community Kate Hagen (yours truly) shares thoughts on three #essentialfemalefilms: Sofia Coppola’s MARIE ANTOINETTE…
Kate Hagen
Mar 30
Essential Female Films: Megan Halpern on OBVIOUS CHILD
Essential Female Films: Megan Halpern on OBVIOUS CHILD
Today, we’ve got a double-feature of #essentialfemalefilms from Black List staffers!
Kate Hagen
Mar 30
Essential Female Films: Dana Stevens on A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT, WENDY AND LUCY, LOVELY & AMAZING, and THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
Essential Female Films: Dana Stevens on A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT, WENDY AND LUCY, LOVELY & AMAZING, and THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
Today, screenwriter Dana Stevens (CITY OF ANGELS, SAFE HAVEN) shares thoughts on four great flicks for #essentialfemalefilms!
Kate Hagen
Mar 29
Black List Interview
The Black List Interview: Ruckus and Lane Skye
The Black List Interview: Ruckus and Lane Skye
For our latest interview, we spoke to Ruckus and Lane Skye whose script RATTLE THE CAGE was recently produced by Image Nation as the Arabic…
Kate Hagen
Jul 29, 2015
The Black List Interview: Matt Young
The Black List Interview: Matt Young
For our latest interview, we spoke to Matt Young. Matt’s pilot STILL was chosen for the very first Sundance Episodic Story Lab after being…
Kate Hagen
Jun 22, 2015
The Black List Interview: Jac Schaeffer
The Black List Interview: Jac Schaeffer
Today, we talk to Jac Schaeffer. Her script THE SHOWER made the annual Black List in 2014, and is our next script for Black List Live!
Kate Hagen
May 29, 2015
Awards Season
WGA Awards 2016
WGA Awards 2016
Los Angeles is a strange place. People tell you that before you live here, but it isn’t until you’ve been here a while that you truly start…
Kate Hagen
Feb 15
Trending
31 Days of Feminist Horror Films: DRAG ME TO HELL
31 Days of Feminist Horror Films: DRAG ME TO HELL
On the surface, Sam Raimi’s last genre feature is a fun horror-comedy very much in the style of his 1980s splatstick features, but if you…
Kate Hagen
Oct 16, 2015
Black List Interview: Helen Shang
Black List Interview: Helen Shang
For our fifth interview in this series, we spoke to Helen Shang, writer of CELINE and DORIAN GREY.
Kate Hagen
Apr 17, 2015
The Week in Rep: 8/21–8/28
The Week in Rep: 8/21–8/28
This week, jazz on film, a celebration of Studio Ghibli, Ozploitation, and the unruliest of teenagers come to LA screens!
Kate Hagen
Aug 21, 2015
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