EditorialFlorence Pugh and Andrew Garfield present the award for best adapted screenplay at the 95th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, March 12, 2023. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
EditorialFlorence Pugh and Andrew Garfield present the award for best adapted screenplay at the 95th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, March 12, 2023. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
EditorialFlorence Pugh and Andrew Garfield present the award for best adapted screenplay at the 95th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, March 12, 2023. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
EditorialFlorence Pugh and Andrew Garfield present the award for best adapted screenplay at the 95th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, March 12, 2023. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
EditorialCameron Crowe outside Pechanga Arena, where a key scene from his movie “Almost Famous” takes place, in San Diego, Aug. 24, 2022. (Magdalena Wosinska/The New York Times)
EditorialNeil Simon on stage at the Music Box Theater during preparations for his new play “Dinner Party,” in New York in 2000. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialKenneth Branagh accepts the award for best original screenplay for "Belfast" during the 94th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, on Sunday, March 27, 2022. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)
EditorialQuentin Tarantino speaks at the National Board of Review annual awards gala on Jan. 8, 2020 in New York. (Krista Schlueter/The New York Times)
EditorialQuentin Tarantino, right, and Uma Thurman, , a star of “Pulp Fiction, at the National Board of Review annual awards gala at Cipriani 42nd Street, New York, Jan. 8, 2020. (Krista Schlueter/The New York Times)
Editorial“BlacKkKlansman” director Spike Lee, left, celebrates with presenter Samuel L. Jackson after Lee won an Oscar for best adapted screenplay, in Los Angeles, Feb. 24, 2019. (Noel West/The New York Times)
EditorialThe actress Regina King, who is making her film directorial debut with “One Night in Miami,” in Los Angeles on Dec. 16, 2020. (Micaiah Carter/The New York Times)
EditorialThe actress Regina King, who is making her film directorial debut with “One Night in Miami,” in Los Angeles on Dec. 16, 2020. (Micaiah Carter/The New York Times)
EditorialBong Joon-ho holds the Oscars for best original screenplay, best international feature film, best directing, and best picture for "Parasite" at the Governors Ball at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb. 9, 2020. (Calla Kessler/The New York Times)
EditorialBong Joon Ho, nominated for best directing and original screenplay for "Parasite," which is nominated for best picture and best international feature film, arrives before the 92nd Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Feb. 9, 2020. (Josh Haner/The New York Times)