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🎬 #212 A Film From A Meme.

I’d never actually delved into the lore that began this week’s film before, but it’s the kind of idea I love.

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🎬 #211 Guest Post...

This week my good friend Narghi [also a filmmaker in her own right] has written about a director she’s been in love with for a few years.

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March 2026

🎬 #210 How To End a War.

I started this series many years ago, but after one episode I moved onto something else.

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🎬 #209 Not a Film, But...

Trailers don’t look, feel or sound much better than this.

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🎬 #208 The First Ever Sci-Fi Film.

I’ve written a few times about silent films here before, but it never ceases to amaze me of how fun, innocent and ingenious they are in their execution.

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🎬 #207 If It Wasn't Real You Wouldn't Believe.

While the posters make it look like a fun caper, and it is, this is a film that sneaks in surprising depth for the conceit.

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February 2026

🎬 #206 The Director With His Own Typeface.

Sean Baker won the Best Director Oscar for his latest film, Anora, but that achievement was built on a long career, four films that I still haven’t seen…

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🎬 #205 The Best References Are Painters.

A big part of a director’s job is to get everyone into alignment with what they have in their mind.

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🎬 #204 Caught Up In Romance.

This weekend is Valentine’s weekend, so I thought it appropriate to make a suggestion of a film in that arena.

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🎬 #203 The Peculiarity of Cinema Grammar.

Another random thought piece in cinema this week.

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January 2026

🎬 #202 What We Can Learn From Characters /03/: Blade.

The third in this series of posts, taking learnings from different characters throughout cinema.

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🎬 #201 Sound and Fury.

Bear in mind that when this week’s film ended, I turned to my good friend Pete whose opinion I really value, and he was silent.

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