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after credits: when mainstream media 'borrows' your essay idea, the studio & a screenwriting competition!
The personal situation I've been processing for three weeks, plus comfort watches for when your brain is barely functioning. AND a screenwriting…
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the death of cinema & how to bring it back to life (part 1)
I paid £20 to watch someone scroll through pasta recipes during a r*pe scene, and that's not even the worst part of going to theaters in 2025.
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the $100,000 confession that changed how I see filmmaking
Watching a film becomes a completely different experience when its creator has already told you where it fails.
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March 2025

what you're risking while watching elon musk risk tesla
When billionaires can't escape mathematical reality, we all learn what we've actually mortgaged.
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after credits: this one's for you! (free edition)
A community milestone and a one-off free After Credits edition for you all 🤗
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did i just invent the formula for underrated directors?
A term that reveals more about us than the directors we apply it to.
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jeremy strong, kieran culkin, and the cost of caring too much
On visible ambition and the mortifying ordeal of being too earnest for your own good. When did effort become our culture's ultimate ick?
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February 2025

the problem with severance is me
Or how I learned to love being the perfect Apple customer.
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after credits: my bafta experience, the white lotus s3, zero day & other hotties
A monthly guide to what to watch for every watching mood you're in.
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Your TFS Oscar ballot is here 🗳️
Give me your 2025 Oscars predictions and the personal hills you'll die on.
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bridget jones and the dying art of being a loser
Or what Bridget Jones' burnt pasta tells us about performative loserdom.
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a fantastic time to talk about fascism in cinema
Finding comic relief (and maybe solutions) in how cinema has handled humanity's darkest chapters. For paid supporters, because some thoughts need room…
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