screenplay

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Hoover co-wrote the screenplay alongside Lauren Levine, which is why the film bears the same strangely hypnotic, if confusing, pull as her novels.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

“You could come here to write a screenplay or read a book. Everyone who has been interested in the home is in the creative space—either a writer, artist, director, or musician.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

Despite Coogler’s rejection of the evening’s fundamental premise, the crowd rose to its feet when “Sinners” won its four awards for score, cinematography, original screenplay and lead actor.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

Sinners also won best original score and best original screenplay for Coogler, who paid tribute to his family, including his producer wife Zinzi, "the best wife and mom in the world".

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

During that turbulent final week of July 1943, William Faulkner was on the other side of the world in Hollywood, California, feverishly pulling together the screenplay for the sweeping wartime movie Battle Cry.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein