Taylor Reed
5 Great Things / August 2026
Happy Five Great Things week. I just spent a week very much off the fashion grid. Always a…
Waiting Is Everything and Most of the Job
The monitor reads STBY. Standby. Most of this job is that. (Photo by Randy Greenberg{Intro:Hello. I am Randy…
Filipiñana: “It’s just such an important part of why I wanted to make this film: to make the violence of the Global South relatable to Western audiences as well.”
In this vHopeful Conversation, I speak with writer-director-editor Rafael Manuel about Filipiñana, his haunting and visually exquisite debut…
Part One: Who Will Be Responsible for "Independent Cinema"?
we’ve got the tools. let’s fill the wagon.This post from a little over a week ago got me…
And here is the recorded version of “Cartographer’s Log Live #1: Who Wants to Buy Letterboxd?” with Evan Shapiro, Elizabeth Joyce, Lauren Zeinfeld, and me (Ted Hope)
Thank you , , , , , and many others for tuning into the live video I did…
The Decisions That Made 'The Shawshank Redemption' a Perfect Adaptation
Once again, I able to share with our financial supporters / premium members, one of my favorite newsletter…
I am live now on the 1st ever Cartographer’s Log Live
Sure, neither one is me, but I will be joining shortly.https://open.substack.com/live-stream/330003
America's tax policy once CREATED movie investors, but now…
the beauty accumulates around the edges…I like to examine why our cinema ecosystem is the way it is…
NonStack Round Up 08/09/26
Thank you for supporting HopeForFilm financially. These cinema-related news bits caught my eye recently, and I am sharing…
What would I have done way back then, if it was like THIS back then?
Reach high, friend, reach high!I’ve got15+ Additional Tactics For The Producers of TomorrowMight as well get started with…
Halt This Proposed Illegal Merger Right Now Please
where do you draw the line?Who is here for you? Who do you call when times get difficult?…
Nine Things Independent Filmmakers Can Learn From Independent Video Game Developers
Hi! I’m D.L. Holmes from Three Left Feet Media, a Substack that covers the origin stories of movies,…
Signature Frames or a Glasses Wardrobe?
I finally succumbed to my tension headaches and bit the bullet. You’re looking at a glasses wearer now.…
Paramount is getting desperate and doing the crazy stuff people do when they know it is a lost cause… and it is making others crazy too!
there is only one Eraserhead baby and only one way it could be made and if that hadn’t…
Too Big to Fail? The Paramount version
The weekend here at HopeForFilm has recently become a time to examine where we are in limiting media…