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I don’t really want movies or books to be different.
Even when I don’t like something. Even when I would have made a different choice.
I want what the artist meant to give me.
The differences are where the conversation lives after the credits roll.
Not a lot of people know this, but I’m back in school.
At 46, I just finished the GE credits I started almost 30 years ago.
Part of it is wanting to finish the thing.
But also: I’m at an age where I actually want to learn.
Now I have to figure out what the hell to declare.
I saw Olga Konstantulakis’s Becoming Apparent and Dane Bowman in Nightcap at @hollywoodfringe, and both inspired me in different ways.
I don't think artists support each other enough.
Hard to expect people to show up for your work if you don’t show up for theirs.
I’ve seen #Obsession twice now and I’m fully on the bandwagon.
Mostly psychological fear, with just enough jump scares and gore to keep to pack a punch.
Edge-of-your-seat anxiety, plus a real argument afterward about who was right, who was wrong, and why.
#Oscars?
It’s dangerous to release things before they’re ready.
It’s also dangerous to sit on projects too long.
That’s the line I’m trying to walk with Ginger Beard.
2026 is planning/development. 2027 is fundraising.
2028 feels so far away. This post is help hold my foot to the fire.
Building an audience while trying not to be fake.
Possible? Always cringe?
I’m trying to stick to: no daily guru act, no pretend certainty, no “five secrets” nonsense.
Just the work, the movies I’m studying, the things I’m learning, and the projects I’m trying to build.
After finding the money, the hardest part of making an indie film might Is not making the movie.
It’s surviving everything after: launching it, explaining it, selling it, recovering from it, and deciding whether you’re insane enough to do it again.
Next up in my Best Picture watch-through: The Apartment.
I can’t really praise this one enough. A comedy that’s really a drama with jokes, with twists that feel inevitable and surprising at the same time.
Shirley MacLaine is so honest and messy. And Hope Holiday? A gem.
🤖 Made with AI
Doctor Who going out to tender feels scary.
But also, change is the premise of #DoctorWHo
New face. New team. New rules. Same impossible box.
Don’t chase nostalgia. Don’t chase the algorithm.
Find the human ache inside the timey-wimey premise.
A good scene works more than one job.
Plot. Character. Tone. Theme. Tension.
And the best scenes feel simple because the machinery is hidden.
I'm not telling you... I'm reminding me.
My next creative push will be a full slate instead of betting everything on one script.
Diversify investments. Put more irons in the fire. Buy more lottery tickets. Say it however you want, but that’s what I’m trying next.
Next up in my Best Picture watch-through: Ben-Hur.
The chariot race earns its reputation. The scale is insane.
But I keep wondering if the Jesus storyline overshadows what might already be enough: an ancient beef between two men.
I don’t think “never give up” is always good advice.
Persistence matters. But only if you keep adapting. Otherwise you may be stubbornly walking in the wrong direction.
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Earlier today on MSNBC’s #MorningJoe, I sat down with Blair Underwood to discuss his latest project shedding light on the historic Black community of Black Bottom in Detroit.
Blair spoke about first learning of Black Bottom through Dominique Morisseau’s play Paradise Blue and how it disturbed him that so many of us, including himself had never heard of this thriving Black neighborhood that existed before the civil rights movement.
These stories matter, and they remind us of the strength, brilliance, and resilience of our people even under the weight of Jim Crow. We must keep telling our stories.
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#SinsofSurvivors out tomorrow! Till then watch Blair talk about it with the crew at the Today Show!!! #AmistadBooks #BlackBottom #detroit today.com/video/blair-underw…