Oct 28, 2025
John and Craig return to Texas for their 11th show at the Austin Film Festival. They welcome writer Pamela Ribon (Nimona, My Year of Dicks) and showrunner Anthony Sparks (Queen Sugar, Bel-Air) to look at what makes character relationships compelling, and how to build a writing career later in life.
We also answer lister...
Oct 21, 2025
John and Craig look at three tales of lies, betrayal and deceit and ask, How Would This be a Movie? Stories include a flamboyant show-business grifter, a sibling rivalry between two LA billboard queens, and American students tricked into attending a fake Oxford college.
We also follow up on audio dramas, last looks, and...
Oct 14, 2025
John welcomes writer and actress Nora Garrett to look at how her
first screenplay, After the Hunt, took her from being un-repped to
working with director Luca Guadagnino. They discuss her path from acting to writing, how her script
went from being rejected by screenplay competitions to landing on
Julia Roberts’...
Oct 7, 2025
John and Craig invite Aline Brosh McKenna back to celebrate the third anniversary of Scriptnotes. It’s a jam-packed, glass-and-a-half of wine, listener-favorite episode.
They look at ways to breathe new life into scenes and characters that aren’t working, box office journalism and how Hollywood is always dying,...