MovieWeb

Maxim Vinogradov-

Maxim Vinogradov

  • 14
    articles

About Maxim Vinogradov

Maxim Vinogradov is a playwright and screenwriter who has written for MovieWeb and Screen Rant. He’s received The Kennedy Center’s National Partners of the American Theatre Playwriting Award and a record three Hopwood Awards in Drama, surpassing Arthur Miller. He lives in Los Angeles.

Latest Articles

Best Ryan Gosling Movies, Ranked
Best Ryan Gosling Movies, Ranked

Ryan Gosling has something more unique than just pretty looks or acting chops: an alien charisma that layers every character he occupies.

Zola Review: Stripper's Viral Tweets Get an Ugly, Bonkers Adaptation
13 Women Directors Who Should Have Been Nominated For the Best Director Oscar

Women filmmakers have often been overlooked by the Academy Awards, and here is just a sample of great filmmakers that were snubbed for Best Director.

Inception movie from Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan Movies, Ranked From Good to Best

Soldiers, superheroes, and space: London-born director Christopher Nolan turned the thinking movie into a commercial darling.

The entire Roy Family in Succession 
Succession: Ranking the Roy's From Worst to Best

Succession features a whole family of despicable individuals, here is every group ranked from the worst to who could be considered the best.

Bridges and Goodman look at the camera in The Big Lebowski
In Defense of the Stoner Movie

The simple and silly hero against "The Man" isn't juvenile, but among a treasured mythology of trickster gods, historical fiction, and Bugs Bunny.

the-batman
The Batman: 3 Perfect Villain Team-Ups for Potential Sequels

With sequels on the way, we dive deep to decide which villains would best feed the gritty realism of Matt Reeves' The Batman universe.

Jackass Forever
Explained: Is Jackass Female Gaze Cinema?

In film theory, male gaze cinema strips attractive women and puts them in utter peril for our viewing pleasure — does Jackass champion the reverse?

A young Sessue Hayakawa stares broodingly.
Sessue Hayakawa: Who Was Hollywood’s First Heartthrob?

Sessue Hayakawa was Hollywood's first heartthrob and highest-paid actor, threw wild parties in his castle, and then vanished from pop culture.

Amblin Entertainment
5 Iconic Movies You Didn’t Know Were Written By Women

This Women’s History Month, we’re celebrating the women screenwriters who crafted some of the most iconic scripts in film history.

Daniel Kaluuya as Chris Washington tries to escape the horrifying Armitage family.
Get Out: How to Write Dramatic Narratives According to Jordan Peele's Movie

Jordan Peele's script is brilliant and sturdy, making it perfect for instruction. There’s no better Screenwriting 101 than following along Get Out.

Oldboy Photo 4
Here's Why We Could Watch Spike Lee’s Movies Forever

Spike Lee isn't just a titan in the filmic canon, he's one of its most vital sculptors.

Nicolas Cage as Charlie Kaufman in Adaptation
Here Are 10 Screenwriting Tips From 30 Must-See Movies

Premise, character, plot, stakes, tone, dialogue, commentary: if you want to add to the conversation, learn the language from the native speakers.

boyletrainspotting
10 Best Danny Boyle Movies, Ranked

Skag, Space, Slums, Steve Jobs: Danny Boyle is anything but predictable. Here are his top 10 films.

Paul Thomas Anderson Movies to Watch Before Licorice Pizza
Paul Thomas Anderson Movies to Watch Before Licorice Pizza

Between There Will Be Blood and The Master to Magnolia and Punch-Drunk Love, the auteur's already become reveled as one of the greatest directors in history.