We start off December with a rewrite from Bill Holland of TWO ROADS TO RIVA. We hope you can join us virtually on Monday, December 5th for this exciting review! Logline: In the waning months of World War II, two ski troopers – one an American seeking redemption for having accidentally killed his fraternal twin, the other a secretly anti-Nazi Austrian determined to bring his boyish recruits safely home – are propelled into a tragic confrontation atop a mountain in northern Italy. Project Type: Historical About the Author: Bill Holland started writing screenplays back in 1978, and life has never
On Monday, December 12th, we'll be discussing Bob Tremblay's feature script STRANDED. We hope you can join us virtually for the final review of 2022! Logline: A female assassin gets stranded on a deserted island with the man she's been hired to kill. Project Type: Feature Script About the Author: Bob Tremblay is a former editor and film critic for the MetroWest Daily News in Framingham. He had been a professional journalist for more than 40 years and a film critic for around 30 years. He is a member of the Boston Society of Film Critics and a longtime member
We're starting the New Year with an exciting table read led by some of our renowned HSSW members and some new faces too! Join us virtually on Monday, Jan 9th for a table read of ten pages from scripts by Kathy Cafferty, Charlie Lyons, Mari SanGiovanni, and Geoff Wilson. Don't miss this fun night! The evening will feature a table read of ten pages from the following: Kathy Cafferty's C.S.A Logline: When her 12-year-old evangelical daughter suffers a paralyzing accident, an atheist archaeologist and her family are trapped in the new Christian States of America. After obtaining an illegal medical
Join us virtually on Monday, January 23, as we review Anisa Noor's debut feature script, SAME DIFFERENCE. Sign up and come support our newest HSSW member! Logline: A summer blackout in Boston’s ghetto becomes a catalyst for illuminating the similarities in living conditions of life back home for one Somali immigrant family. Will violence and poverty once again become the roadblock to upward mobility? Project Type: Drama About the Author: Anisa is a full-time dental hygienist and has recently started dabbling in script writing. She loves storytelling and finds the medium of script writing suitable for the stories she wants
We hope you can join us virtually on Monday, February 6th for a discussion of THE RINGER written by Selene Angier and Saul Williams. Logline: When the family business goes up in flames at the end of the Great Depression, the lady of the house takes over — and boom — a bookie is born. Project Type: Drama/period piece About the Author: Selene Angier is a content manager + marketing copywriter for e-commerce, education and tech companies, with a background in arts editorial at the Boston Metro newspaper. The Ringer, co-written with her former Metro editor Saul Williams, is based
Don't miss this treatment review featuring all of the major beats and characters of this compelling biopic based on the real life story of Bauhaus artist, Friedl Dicker Brandeis. Join us virtually on Monday, February 13th. LOGLINE: When brilliant Bauhaus designer and painter Friedl Dicker Brandeis is transported to the “model” concentration camp Theresienstadt, she must find a way to keep children’s spirits alive through the art program she volunteers to create. GENRES: Biopic; Historical Drama; Coming of Age ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Relevant to this story, Genine Amada Tillotson is named after a great aunt who was killed in a
We hope you can join us virtually on Monday, February 20th, for an exciting pre-shoot review of Casey Lynch's I'M GOOD and the next installment of Paul Falcone's series JON. I’M GOOD Logline: When Charli (they/them) meets their long-term partner's new partner, their anxiety threatens to implode the non-monogamous arrangement. About the Author: Casey Lynch (she/they) is a current graduate student at Babson College. Her short fiction is forthcoming in NUNUM and Grand Dame. JON Episode 9 Logline: Jon takes his mother on a trip down memory lane and Route 6 to Provincetown where she is being honored for
Don't miss Phil Kling's new pilot with an autobiographical tinge, RETURNING HOME. Join us virtually on Monday, February 27th. Episode Logline: A young attorney is drawn back to his old New York City neighborhood, a place he vowed never to return to again. Series Logline: A young attorney moves back to New York City for his dream job, but finds nothing good comes without extorting a perilous price. Project Type: One-hour pilot About the Author: Phil Kling, a former writer for Stiller & Meara, is a semi-retired real estate executive, part time standup comedian, a semi prolific comedy script writer
Harvard Square Script Writers is excited to be a sponsor of this screening of the ground-breaking documentary BRAINWASHED by filmmaker Nina Menkes. It's a long overdue look at how the male gaze has dominated the entertainment industry and colored our views of women. Please join us at Tufts University on March 2nd for a screening and follow-on discussion with Nina, moderated by HSSW Director Genine Tillotson. This event is FREE and open to the public. 6:30 - 10:00 PM also featuring Jennifer Burton's latest short TAPPING INTO OUR PAST, TAPPING INTO OUR FUTURE: AYODELE CASEL. Details in the
Don't miss Mari SanGiovanni’s screenplay review of, GREETINGS FROM JAMAICA, based on her first novel, GREETINGS FROM JAMAICA, WISH YOU WERE QUEER. We hope you can join us virtually on Monday, March 6th! Logline: Eternally single Marie inherits a fortune and plans to meet her favorite actress after she takes her eccentric Italian family on a tropical vacation. Her dreams for a private romance blow up when the actress shows up at the same resort. Comparisons: My Big Fat Greek Wedding meets Four Weddings And A Funeral (only with Italians, couple of lesbians…and a meatball.) About the Author: Mari is
Don't miss our discussion of Bob Tremblay's rewritten feature script STRANDED. We hope you can join us virtually on Monday, March 13th! Logline: A female assassin gets stranded on a deserted island with the man she's been hired to kill. Project Type: Feature Script About the Author: Bob Tremblay is a former editor and film critic for the MetroWest Daily News in Framingham. He had been a professional journalist for more than 40 years and a film critic for around 30 years. He is a member of the Boston Society of Film Critics and a longtime member of the Harvard
Join us virtually for a discussion of DANCING ISLAND based on Gifts of Unknown Things, a novel by Lyall Watson. We hope you can make it on Monday, March 27th! Genre: Feature Logline: Shipwrecked on a remote Indonesian island in the mid-1970s, a marine biologist champions a 13-year-old dancer in her power struggle with the leader of the local mosque who’s threatened by her steadily increasing paranormal abilities. Statement from the Author: Ever since falling in love with Lyall Watson’s Gifts of Unknown Things back in 1978, I’ve wanted to adapt it for the screen. But I felt stymied by
