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Chalamet's method acting episode and the question of authenticity
perfomance as the manifestation of character
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how much can you love?
Nov 15, 2024
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Are you trying to be Citizen Kane?
Oct 28, 2024
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Character Arc: The Baby Boomer
May 25, 2024
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A Dark (K)night origin story
Sep 25, 2024
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theory pieces
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a relaunch: what's the story
everything is about poetics
Jan 17
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a Materialist way of talking
if introspection was the new normal
Jul 9, 2025
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in search of the lost hook
between high concept and low concept
Jul 2, 2025
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back to the storyboard
to structure or not to structure
Jun 25, 2025
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January's male protagonists; a wrap
I’ll open with a quote.
Feb 2
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December ranked; art is where it’s at
a Mubi-esque month and my end of the year reflections on the state of the industry
Jan 2
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October wrap: thirt(y)een days of horror...
my first movie-themed October
Nov 2, 2025
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it's a wrap; my September movies
on films as experiences vol.1
Oct 1, 2025
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May 9, 2024
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(Global) Citizen Renoir
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Mar 25, 2024
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What makes us right?
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