Author name: Mark It

For me, personally, I think the best way to achieve goals is to sit and write them down. There’s something about making them tangible that makes it feel possible. This goes for every goal in life, including directing goals. Embarking…

Ireland appears to be everywhere on screen at the minute — and it isn’t just a trend. Where 2022 and 2023 had “The Banshees of Inisherin,” Paul Mescal, “The Quiet Girl” and short film “The Irish Goodbye” making noise throughout…

Last Thursday, when the Netflix live-adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender finally debuted, director Roseanne Liang was still hard at work. Well, sort of. On this most auspicious of days she was talking to me in Ponsonby Central, reflecting on…

The devastating effects of Newshub’s closure on news production will be shared by the local screen industry. Shows partially funded and commissioned by TV3 have an uncertain future, and one industry leader says the workforce connected to the channel has…

This morning, a really lovely NFS reader reached out to me and wanted my opinion on a program called ScriptReader.AI, which charges $10 for a complete screenplay breakdown, comparable to Greenlight Coverage, which we did a write-up on. Upon glancing…