Taylor Reed
Part Seven: Who Will Be Responsible For “Independent Cinema”
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Shall We Use It? Milanote
Because I work primarily on micro-budget productions, I am always on the lookout for tools that help me…
Change the Rules of the Game
it is not collapse or even decay; it is a rebirth into a higher stageYou’ve been reading along,…
A Banker Bro Icon Sheds Its Sad Desk Salad Roots
There are very few people in this world that can take a clothing detail synonymous with banker bros…
What If Hollywood Is Actually Getting Better?
Hi Everyone,I am Hollywood Gadfly. On my Substack, I write deep-dive essays about our industry’s most challenging issues:…
Remake: “I hope that it provides—maybe some solace, but actually a better word is probably companionship—to people who’ve also experienced a loss akin to what I went through with the loss of a son.”
I was honored to speak with the extraordinary filmmaker Ross McElwee about Remake, his profoundly moving new documentary…
The Preposterous Proliferation Of People Preventing Pictures
The official “This is that corp” logo (by Gary Leib)… get it? TIT was the production company I…
Kingmakers: Who Decides Which Women Get To Make Movies
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The Cycle of Love: “Being emotionally vulnerable & open is strength. When you are emotionally vulnerable, it’s almost contagious, and it allows everybody around you to be emotionally vulnerable too.”
I was so moved by The Cycle of Love, the luminous new documentary from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Orlando…
America Has a White Liberal Problem: Notes From a Screenwriter's Self-Exile
Once again, I able to share with our financial supporters / premium members, one of my favorite newsletter…
🍿FRESH, HOT FALL: THE POPCORN LIST’S DIGITAL SERIES HITS KINEMA IN OCTOBER 🍿
The Popcorn List wraps its Fresh Hot Summer in-person screening series, with a grand finale in two days…
Who Can Afford a Creative Life?
is a home ever a home unless you have a kangaroo and a dinosaur, at least proverbially?Does anyone…
The Skirt Declares Victory!
Obviously (OBVIOUSLY!!!!) I’m very happy about all the skirt talk this season. I’ve worshiped at the altar of…