Sonya Alexander is a freelance entertainment journalist, academic writer and screenwriter who began her career as a talent agent-in-training. She also does script coverage.
With Breathe, Stefon Bristol Aims for Spike Lee Meets Steven Spielberg
Breathe director Stefon Bristol’s love for sci-fi began with Jurassic Park. As he grew up and thought about how, as a Black man, he fit into society, Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing spoke to him and helped him decide to become a filmmaker.
Turner Classic Movies Film Festival's Nod to Noir
This year's 15th Annual Turner Classic Movies Film Festival's theme was Most Wanted: Crime and Justice in Film. Their slate of films over the weekend was a reflection of this theme, with a particular bend towards noir and she-done-him-wrong tales.
A Lifelong Student of Film: A Talk with Film Historian Jeanine Basinger
Film historian, scholar, and former Wesleyan University professor and recent Robert Osborne Award recipient Jeanine Basinger speaks fondly of her love and appreciation of film and her illustrious career.
A Cinephile’s Dream: The New TCM Classic Films Tour at Warner Bros.
Last year, Warner Bros. celebrated its centennial. Birthed on April 4, 1923 by brothers Harry, Samuel, Albert, and Jack, with Jack being the most colorful of the four, the studio has produced some of the world’s most beloved movie favorites.
‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’ Review
If you’re looking for a fun popcorn movie, this is it. If you’re looking for something with a solid plot, this isn’t it.
Memory as a Lens of Truth: Adam Cooper Discusses 'Sleeping Dogs'
Filmmaker Adam Cooper shares with Script what thematically initially drew him to the material as both writer and director, exploring the thriller genre through character, becoming a more economical storyteller, and more.
Oscars 2024 Rundown
This year Script Magazine virtually attended the Oscars on March 10th and was privy to what Oscar winners had to say in the press room fresh after their wins.
Bob Marley: One Love Director Reinaldo Marcus Green Says Jamaica ‘Stood Up to Help Us Make This Movie’
Reinaldo Marcus Green is no stranger to doing stories about real people. While still in the editing bay of his Oscar-nominated film King Richard, which starred Will Smith as the father of Venus and Serena Williams, he received the script for Bob Marley: One Love.
Gastronomy for the Soul: Trần Anh Hùng Discusses 'The Taste of Things'
Trần Anh Hùng speaks with Script about his adaptation process, the beauty of a French meal and how it's evoked on screen, the use of lighting, filming on limited locations, and more.
Masters of the Air Takes the Fight for Freedom to the Skies
Masters of the Air co-creator John Orloff loves World War II stories because “the stakes were so high and the scale was so big.”
True Detective: Night Country Director Issa López on Closing a Flat Circle With Jodie Foster
“Time is a flat circle,” Matthew McConaughey told us in the 2014 first season of True Detective. A decade later, with the show’s fourth season, showrunner Issa López is closing a circle.
Dive Deep: Bryce McGuire Discusses Night Swim
Bryce McGuire recently spoke with Script Magazine about how the short film 'Night Swim' came about, how he got it made into a feature, and things that go bump in the night.
The Resurgence of Small Films
In a post-COVID world, audiences seem to have a big appetite for a buffet of films. We go into 2024 leaving behind a year of numerous quality films. Let’s see what 2024 has to offer.
George Clooney Tells a Depression-Era Story of Rowing to Survive in The Boys in the Boat
Directing The Boys in the Boat, director George Clooney quickly discovered why it’s hard to make a dramatic film about rowing: “You can’t see speed from far back.”
“You have to be up close.
The Color Purple Director Blitz Bazawule on Manifesting Sisterhood Through Song
One of the signature lines of Steven Spielberg’s 1985 adaptation of The Color Purple is when Squeak indignantly asks Harpo, “Harpo, who dis woman?” in reference to Sofia. That line applies to every female character in this story, in the sense that they can ask this about themselves. From Shug Avery to Celie to Sofia to Nettie, every woman is on a voyage of self-discovery that jettisons through difficult circumstances to some semblance of freedom.