Writers Praise 2023’s Best Screenplays: Charlie XCX on ‘Saltburn,’ Guillermo del Toro on ‘Maestro’ and More
variety.comVariety asks directors and writers to write about the films that resonated most deeply with them, relating what makes these selected works special, memorable and endearing both to them and audiences overall.
In the following 13 essays, screenwriters commend their fellow scribes for crafting memorable tales that traverse fantasy and fiction, depict figures both imaginative and historical, and span from Barbieland to New York City. “P Valley” showrunner Katori Hall describes Marcus Gardley’s dialogue in “The Color Purple” as “both lyrical and cheeky.” Aaron Sorkin commends “Dumb Money” writers Rebecca Angelo and Lauren Schuker Blum for making a witty film about the infamous GameStop short squeeze.
And Charli XCX applauds Emerald Fennell for gifting us with some of 2023’s most shocking scenes of the year. Read on for essays from Guillermo del Toro, Terence Winter, Steve McQueen and more. Written by Andrew HaighEssay by Steve Mc Queen Andrew Haigh’s profoundly moving adaptation of Mr.
Taichi Yamada’s novel “Strangers” is one that, while relocating it decades later to modern-day London, retains the essence of the original ghost story set in Japan, where the lead protagonist — a melancholic screenwriter —revisits his childhood home in the hope of reconnecting with his parents, who are no longer alive.
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