Episode 168: Train Dreams with Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar
The Sing Sing duo return to the show to dissect their tale of grief and growth in the Old West.
Episode 167: Weapons with Zach Cregger
The filmmaker behind Barbarian makes his return to Script Apart to unpack how his missing children horror epic sent a chill down viewers’ spines.
Episode 166: The Plague with Charlie Polinger
Dive into a water polo drama about the contagion of childhood bullying with the film’s acclaimed writer-director.
Episode 165: Rental Family with Hikari
The dancer, rap photographer and director behind the hit Netflix series Beef talks about the loneliness and longing at the heart of her feature-debut drama.
Episode 164: Hamnet with Chloe Zhao
To be or not to be? That is the question that takes on a whole new meaning in this moving exploration of how grief transforms everyone – even one of the greatest writers of all-time.
Episode 163: The Smashing Machine with Benny Safdie
When is a sports movie not a sports movie? When it’s about a character who needs to learn to lose rather than win, says the co-director of Uncut Gems.
Episode 162: Urchin with Harris Dickinson
The actor known for Babygirl and Triangle Of Sadness takes us inside his debut feature as a rising writer-director.
Episode 161: The Lost Bus with Brad Ingelsby
The storyteller behind Mare of Easttown and Task tells us about combatting wildfires in his and Paul Greengrass’ thrilling disaster movie.
Episode 160: Hedda with Nia DaCosta
Hedda Gabler isn’t a character. She’s a Rorschach test. The writer-director behind a new take on the aristocratic chaos agent helps us understand the many readings she invites.
Episode 159: Wake Up Dead Man with Rian Johnson
A sermon from the Knives Out mystery-maker about religion, faith and forging murderously gripping crimes for his detective Benoit Blanc to solve.
Episode 158: The Running Man with Edgar Wright
The filmmaker behind Hot Fuzz and Shaun Of The Dead makes his second appearance on Script Apart – and this time, he’s brought the writer of 21 Jump Street along for the ride.
Episode 157: Wicked For Good with Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox
A conversation about Elphaba, Glinda and the post-9/11 prejudices this Broadway musical-turned-blockbuster was written as a response to.
Episode 156: Nuremberg with James Vanderbilt
Silence Of The Lambs meets World War II courtroom drama in this film that the Zodiac screenwriter says is as much about today’s America as it is about 1940s Europe.
Episode 155: Sinners with Ryan Coogler
The Black Panther and Creed writer-director on channelling a decade of loss into a period drama-horror about freedom and vampire fangs.
Episode 154 : Ballad Of A Small Player with Edward Berger and Rowan Joffé
The storytelling minds behind this dark night of the soul gambling drama unpack its many mysteries and screenwriting secrets.
Episode 153 : Play Dirty with Shane Black
Another conversation with the legendary screenwriter behind Lethal Weapon, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Long Kiss Goodnight and too many other action classics to count.
Episode 152: Good Fortune with Aziz Ansari
The Master Of None writer-director breaks down his divine body-swap comedy caper.
Episode 151: The Life Of Chuck with Mike Flanagan
The horror master makes his third appearance on the show, celebrating his emotional new Stephen King adaptation – a humanistic drama, and his biggest departure yet.
Episode 150: All Of You with Brett Goldstein and William Bridges
If a technology existed that matched you with your soul mate – the one true person you’re destined to be with – would you take it?
Episode 149: Alien: Earth with Noah Hawley
Your questions about the sci-fi show’s action-packed season one finale answered.