Screenwriting

Books to Movies

Arts, Culture & Media

Kurt Andersen talks with screenwriter Stephen Schiff about the alchemy of adapting novels for the movies.

John Ridley on Spies

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Strikers Phone it In

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Jon Robin Baitz

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Elementary, Dr. House

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Treme

Arts, Culture & Media

Following his acclaimed series, “The Wire,” TV writer David Simon returns to HBO with “Treme,” a show about New Orleanians rebuilding their lives after Hurricane Katrina. Simon and his co-creator Eric Overmyer tell Kurt that even with their close attention to detail, they know the locals will be their toughest critics. The Making of “Treme”