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Weapons Is a Comedy Structure With the Laughs Taken Out

Zach Cregger spent a decade writing sketch comedy and then applied the sketch runner's structure to a film about seventeen missing children. It made $270 million on $38 million.

Marcus Vell·12 Aug·5 min

A lake house window at dusk, a silhouette inside holding a wine glass, reflection on the glass catching the last daylight.

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Companion and the Case for the Small Sci-Fi Thriller

Drew Hancock's debut strips its premise to a weekend-house structure and one central idea. The discipline is the film's argument, and the argument lands cleanly.

Marcus Vell·8 Apr·6 min