The Wild Bunch - How To Reinvent a Genre By Attacking its Values (WGA's best screenplays #99)
Some of the most memorable films are successful because they managed to flip their genre on its head. THE WILD BUNCH achieved this by attacking the assumed values of the western, creating a western unlike any one before.
Memento - How Christopher Nolan Leveraged Curiosity Over Suspense (WGA's best screenplays #100)
How do you create suspense in a film that moves backwards? Nolan’s ingenious solution to that is what makes Memento so fascinating and effective.