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How Hollywood lost the plot


David Simon on the ‘fear, greed and repetition’ of Hollywood

David Simon on the ‘fear, greed and repetition’ of Hollywood

The man behind The Wire is one of TV’s greatest auteurs – but he despairs of the medium’s future

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‘A decades-long saga of suffering’: the 20-year battle to film my novel

‘A decades-long saga of suffering’: the 20-year battle to film my novel

The Amateurs would make a great movie. But with agents disappearing, lawyers bickering and the writer’s exasperation increasing, will the credits ever roll?


How Hollywood lost the plot

How Hollywood lost the plot

For well over a decade, major film studios have pumped out soulless sequels. Have writers and directors finally found a way to change the narrative?


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