The 21st Rewrite Podcast
1) Eye in the Sky (2015) - with Guy Hibbert
Guy Hibbert is a BAFTA-winning screenwriter and playwright. He has written numerous stories for film and television with a particular focus on conflict and compassion in some of the most troubled area...Show More
2) The Village - Writers' Workshop
Writers' Workshop - How do you write a film with a twist ending? This week, William takes a look at M. Night Shyamalan's 'The Village', a film that was released with high audience expectations from a ...Show More
3) Sully (2016) — with Todd Komarnicki
'Insightful Interview' episode with Todd Komarnicki: a writer, director and producer best known for writing ‘Elf’, ‘Sully’ and ‘The Professor and the Madman’. We talk about Todd’s path into becoming a...Show More
4) 1917 - Writers' Workshop
Writers' Workshop - Why write a film designed to be made in the 'one-shot style? What can '1917' teach us about the storytelling benefits that can result from this approach? This week's intro contains...Show More
5) Oscars 2021: The Father, Promising Young Woman and all of the Screenwriting Nominees
It's the 21st Rewrite's annual breakdown of the screenplays that the Academy considers the best of the year, and what a strange and difficult year it has been! William is joined by some great guests, ...Show More
Oscars 2021: The Father, Promising Young Woman and all of the Screenwriting Nominees
1:55:36 | May 10th, 2021
6) Locke (2013) - Screenplay by Steven Knight
Why is writing a single location screenplay a good idea for new writers? How does 'Locke' illustrate how this can be done? This is another solo writing analysis and writing workshop. The intro include...Show More
7) A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) - Screenplay by Steven Spielberg
For the first time on the podcast, this is a solo episode, which is a brave experiment for a podcast that has, until now, been purely conversational! This week's screenplay topic is Steven Spielberg's...Show More
8) Ad Astra (2019) with Zosha Millman - Screenplay by James Gray and Ethan Gross
This week Zosha Millman, senior editor at Bright Wall/Dark Room, makes a guest appearance to discuss the recent, and largely overlooked, science-fiction film 'Ad Astra'. We talk about the the major di...Show More
Ad Astra (2019) with Zosha Millman - Screenplay by James Gray and Ethan Gross
1:27:11 | Mar 8th, 2021
9) The Rider (2017) with Kira-Anne Pelican - Screenplay by Chloé Zhao
You may have been told your characters are too 'flat', not 'rounded' or 'believable' - that's an important note, but how do you actually go about fixing that? Kira-Anne Pelican, the author of 'The Sci...Show More
10) The Sense of an Ending (2017) with Alistair Owen - Screenplay by Nick Payne
This week we're talking about adaptation again, in the context of how to bring a first-person, ruminating narrative about memory and loss into the detached and visual realm of film. Alistair Owen, who...Show More
The Sense of an Ending (2017) with Alistair Owen - Screenplay by Nick Payne
1:31:03 | Feb 9th, 2021