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  • February 6, 2025

    Zackery Nicolosi Interview — Middlebury New Filmmakers Film Festival

    (I discovered today that I only shared this on Medium.com which I stopped using in 2017. So, yes, this is old but it’s one of the few times I’ve been able to interview people regarding their film work – and have a record of it! – that I can share. So here goes…) This interview…

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  • February 6, 2025

    Matt Lennon Interview — Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival 2016

    (I discovered today that I only shared this on Medium.com which I stopped using in 2017. So, yes, this is old but it’s one of the few times I’ve been able to interview people regarding their film work – and have a record of it! – that I can share. So here goes…) This interview…

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  • Criticism versus Reviewing (and does it matter?)
    February 4, 2025

    Criticism versus Reviewing (and does it matter?)

    I have been posting a fair number of reviews about television shows and movies of late. I struggle with calling what I write reviews as I purposely try and not comprehensively review anything. I suppose I take the coward’s way out, I try and write what I consider appreciations of things I think worthy of…

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  • Current Cinema – Dune Part 2
    February 2, 2025

    Current Cinema – Dune Part 2

    (This post contains spoilers) How should a person judge a film adapted from a novel? Is it fair to compare the two given the audio/visual nature of the film? Frank Herbert most likely never imagined bagpipes in space while writing Dune, yet here we are and they are amazing. Part of why I’ve resisted writing…

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  • On Television – The Agency
    February 1, 2025

    On Television – The Agency

    (This post contains spoilers) First things first, this image, which is the main one used for the show, is terrible. It makes Michael Fassbender look gaunt and scared. If you watch the show he does’t look like this (he looks like he always does and certainly never scared). That’s my main issue with this image,…

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  • On Television – Mayor of Kingstown
    January 30, 2025

    On Television – Mayor of Kingstown

    A brief post about a current show – Mayor of Kingstown.

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  • On Television – Landman
    January 28, 2025

    On Television – Landman

    A brief post about a current show – Landman.

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  • Watching Films and Resisting Manipulation
    May 29, 2024

    Watching Films and Resisting Manipulation

    A short essay before a few film reviews.

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  • Sharing What I Make
    May 18, 2024

    Sharing What I Make

    It’s time to share the love.

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  • Video Streaming Services and Design (A Comparison of The Criterion Channel and Mubi)
    March 21, 2023

    Video Streaming Services and Design (A Comparison of The Criterion Channel and Mubi)

    A rant that becomes a comparison of how The Criterion Channel and Mubi designed their services.

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