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Every Drama Is A Period Drama
Is your character facing a garbage strike?
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What Is A Book?
How I co-created Jean-Luc Godard's BREATHLESS.
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The Circus
Why filmmaking is the right lifestyle for me - and maybe for you.
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My Get Rich Slow Scheme
Today we found Golem Bros. Studios
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Stay Drunk On Movies
AKA FilmStack Inspiration Challenge #137
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Three Thank Yous
A quick note of gratitude / a ploy to keep up a streak.
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The Importance of Bad Ideas
Why I’ve been thinking of writing a sequel to CASABLANCA.
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You Have The Right to Contradict Yourself
How to be influencers...but y'know, good ones.
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The Superhero Theory of Stakes
AKA another essay that boils down to 'Damn, those Greeks were good'.
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Misuse Your Tools
Nurture your ambition, not your gear collection.
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Romances Aren’t About Falling In Love
And every movie is a romance.
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Movies Are For Scoundrels
Towards a definition of drama, with pitstops at Monty Python and Mother Teresa.
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DIY Golems
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Definitely not criticism, not quite philosophy, regrettably kinda writing advice…rants? Right, yeah, that's the word - rants.
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