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May 2025

inside the wild plan to turn movie theaters into fitness centers for your brain (+ a filmstack challenge)
A radical blueprint on transforming our dying theaters into cultural fitness centers. And a Filmstack Challenge!
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Sophie
20
after credits: confessions of a Cannes first-timer (+ 11 exclusive film reviews)
Notes on surviving the world's most pretentious film festival.
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Sophie
11
the death of cinema & how to bring it back to life (part 3)
Introducing my "cinemas as cultural gyms" framework.
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Sophie
37
the uncanny valet is not your friend (and other AI stories)
AI can copy my art but never my morning light.
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Sophie
34
actually fun ways to expand your film horizons (+ a film club experiment!)
Also where I'm heading 🇫🇷
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Sophie
29

April 2025

the death of cinema & how to bring it back to life (part 2)
Your brain has been rewired to hate movie theaters, and it's not your fault.
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Sophie
47
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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Sophie
2
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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Sophie
86
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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Sophie
42

March 2025

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