How streaming and smartphones are changing what movie theaters mean

Wrote about slop, extending some recent thoughts from the good @maxread.info

Wrote about what's really going on when you talk to an AI assistant

An indie producer’s view on why big-budget movies look worse than they used to

New essay by me about filmmaking and AI the.vane.fyi/p/the-future...

Hello Bluesky, I have a new substack about Hollywood and what goes on inside it - check out the inaugural entry by clicking this hyperlink which this app graciously allows me to post without getting shadowbanned the.vane.fyi/p/anonymous-...

I'm going to try posting normal style on here. Here are some photos I've taken in New York this week. Talk to you later

I continue to be fascinated by rap. My family is arranging for me to take lessons

I got this reply over on the other site, and while I understand the joke, I want to point out the harmful stereotype here. Not everyone who’s on the hunt for scrap metal is a meth addict — some of us are just in it for the love of the game. And if we need a little meth to stay awake that’s ok

Once you hear someone smart talk about the commercialization of Christmas, you start to see it everywhere. Yes it’s about giving presents, but where do the presents come from? The mall. And they try to cover this up with the “Santa” myth — but he’s at the mall too!

Does anyone else think Black Friday lines up a little too neatly with the Christmas shopping season? Hard to shake the feeling that it’s all a scheme to get us to buy stuff

Just found out there’s no such thing as “Broadway” - it’s just a street in Manhattan. Bluesky, do your thing

I don’t think we should be trying to recreate Twitter on here. We should be trying to write new Aesop’s Fables

How is everyone’s thesis going.

Not sure what to post on this site… everyone on here seems to be some kind of librarian

When I get an email from Baskin Robbins

It’s called the “Ivy League” because I veleague it sucks!!

Went to a concert tonight and saw something remarkable. The show was finished — it was over — but then the audience clapped and cheered so much that the performers came back onstage and played a couple more songs. I was moved to tears