It’s bread, circuses, and action subgenre conventions this week as the Roundtablers look at The Hunger Games. This 2012 movie was written by Billy Ray, Gary Ross, and Suzanne Collins based on Collins’s novel of the same name.

Love is all around us this week as the Roundtablers sashay into the miniplot story structure with Love Actually. This 2003 all-star British romantic comedy was written and directed by Richard Curtis

We’re in Nashville this week for Story Grid University’s second Editor Certification course. Join us for some lively interviews with the students who are about to join the exclusive club of Story Grid Certified Editors, along with our own insights and next steps.

“It’s a bitter pill to swallow, but you are not well-read enough.”

It’s 20 minutes of professional inspiration for writers and editors this time as the Roundtablers interview Shawn Coyne on the critical importance of reading more widely and deeply.

This week, the team goes global with the foreign language film A Man Called Ove to study Global Internal Genres. This 2015 Swedish comedy-drama was written and directed by Hannes Holm.

Sit in a chair and watch the suspense unfold this week as Valerie and the other Roundtablers examine Rear Window.

You betcha the Roundtablers are going to chip away at how set and setting drive dialogue in the 1996 Coen Brothers film Fargo. This dark comedy was directed by Joel Coen from the script he co-wrote with Ethan Coen.

It’s international intrigue with a side of comedy on the Roundtable this week as Leslie continues to explore action plot conventions in The Spy Who Dumped Me. This 2018 action-epic-conspiracy film was directed by Susanna Fogel from a screenplay she wrote with David Iserson.

TV shows? Video Games? Choose Your Own Adventure? The Roundtablers take on Bandersnatch this week as Anne continues her exploration inot complex story forms. This 2018 episode of the Netflix series Black Mirror was written by Charlie Brooker and directed by David Slade.

The fundamentals of global internal genre are under review this time as Kim pitches The Fundamentals of Caring, a 2016 independent film written and directed by Rob Burnett.