Archive - Video Shop

🎬 #198 The Miracle Of Film.

Bit of a pure writing, thinking post this week - let me know if you want more or less of these types of newsletters.

Dec 19, 2025 • Video Shop

🎬 #197 Porn On Film.

Just a short, single recommendation this week - ironic given the subject.

Dec 12, 2025 • Video Shop

🎬 #196 What We Can Learn From Characters /02/: Neil McCauley.

This is the second in this series of posts, taking learnings from different characters throughout cinema.

Dec 5, 2025 • Video Shop

November 2025

🎬 #195 Cinema - Beyond Human Scale.

Two recommendations this week, but more importantly, an exploration of how different the experience of watching the same film, in a different way, can…

Nov 28, 2025 • Video Shop

🎬 #194 Directors Are DJs - DJs Are Directors.

A bit more of a random thought piece this week.

Nov 21, 2025 • Video Shop

🎬 #193 What We Can Learn From Characters /01/: BISHOP.

Couple of weeks back I wrote a newsletter about what we can learn from protagonists.

Nov 14, 2025 • Video Shop

🎬 #192 The Importance of End Credits.

What seems like just a practical acknowledgment of everyone who put their hard graft into the making of a film - also, for me, function as an important…

Nov 7, 2025 • Video Shop

October 2025

🎬 #191 Solar Fear.

The unknowable vastness of the universe is awe inspiring.

Oct 31, 2025 • Video Shop

🎬 #190 The Geometry Of Story.

Story shape has always really interested me.

Oct 24, 2025 • Video Shop

🎬 #189 Film As Therapy.

Remembering that when we sit down to watch a film means essentially living someone else's perspective on life is kind of awe inspiring.

Oct 17, 2025 • Video Shop

🎬 #188 Showering & Throwing up.

This style of post seems to be enjoyed by people, and I’m really enjoying writing ones that aren’t in the strict format of the newsletter in the past.

Oct 10, 2025 • Video Shop

🎬 #187 What Makes Us Love A Film.

Another different flavour of post this week.

Oct 3, 2025 • Video Shop

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