Wisdom

Tim Bevan

March 4, 2025

Sidney Lumet

January 19, 2025

"It's art. It's commerce. It's heartbreaking and it's fun. It's a great way to live."

Rouben Mamoulian

January 17, 2025

"We are painting with light."

Hugh Laurie

January 14, 2025

“Screenwriting is the most prized of all the cinematic arts. Actually, it isn’t, but it should be.”

Kathryn Bigelow

January 9, 2025

"I don't want to be made pacified or made comfortable. I like stuff that gets your adrenaline going."

Howard Hawks

January 6, 2025

“You can’t fix a bad script after you start shooting. The problems on the page only get bigger as they move to the big...

George Clooney

January 2, 2025

“It’s possible for me to make a bad movie out of a good script, but I can’t make a good movie from a bad...

Paul Thomas Anderson

December 28, 2024

“Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out.”

Jean-Luc Godard

December 26, 2024

"Photography is truth. The cinema is truth twenty-four times per second."

George Lucas

December 23, 2024

“The script is what you’ve dreamed up - this is what it should be. The film is what you end up with.”

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American Pastoral (2016)

Humane (2024)

The Gorge (2025)

V/H/S/ Beyond (2024)

Gladiator II (2024)

Caddo Lake (2024)

Companion (2025)

Rogue Agent (2022)

Salting the Battlefield (2014)

Turks & Caicos (2014)

Page Eight (2011)

Milk & Serial (2024)

The Imitation Game (2014)

She Said (2022)

Daddy’s Head (2024)

His Three Daughters (2023)

The Leftovers – A Lonely Journey Through Loss, Faith, and Human Fragility

The Importance of Dystopia in Sci-fi / Horror

Powerful Sequences, Defining Soundtracks

Influential, Dissuasive, and Thought-Provoking Monologues

Epic Plot Holes in Iconic Films

This is England ’83 / ’86 / ’88 / ’90

The Qatsi Trilogy

Original vs Remake: Hollywood’s Need to Retell the Story (or the Lack Thereof)

Indie, Low Budget, and Utterly Mind-Bending

Adapting 300: Mise-en-scène and Visual Effects

True Detective (2014 – 2019): Reflections on Narrative and Character Development

Found Footage: Chronicles of Horror, Realism, and Case Studies

Minority Report: Visual Effects and Storytelling

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