Archive - That Final Scene

nolan club week 1: homecoming

The homecoming issue.

Jun 11 • Sophie

12 films that taught me how to actually watch a film

Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the Dutch angle.

Jun 4 • Sophie

May 2026

what is the cannes film festival trying to preserve?

2026 dispatch straight from the Croisette thanks to our first TFS correspondent 🫡

May 28 • Sophie and Dan Schindel

should you ever trust online movie scores?

I have mixed thoughts.

May 21 • Sophie

you’re invited to co-curate ✨ nolan club ✨

Your first mission awaits.

May 18 • Sophie

girl, she's not real

Mother Mary, full of grace, and completely assembled by other people.

May 14 • Sophie

on waiting for christopher nolan's odyssey and its impending discourse apocalypse

Scroll to the end for my thoughts on the latest trailer of The Odyssey.

May 7 • Sophie

April 2026

the paramount-warner bros merger must be stopped. here’s why.

If you care about independent film, read this.

Apr 30 • Sophie and Ted Hope

some news! cannes open call! (and how the wire rewired our brain)

The TFS Reader Hotline post 📞 Plus, some really exciting announcements.

Apr 23 • Sophie

how does a teenager fall in love with cinema in 2026?

I found a 17-year-old film critic on Substack and I asked him all the things!

Apr 16 • Sophie

the drama and the unbelievable arrogance of falling in love with someone on purpose

The Drama ends exactly where most love stories are too cowardly to start.

Apr 9 • Sophie

what i'd do with the Oscars if YouTube let me

Scroll to the end for an unhealthy amount of tangents in the Footnotes.

Apr 2 • Sophie

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