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Opportunity Is The Devil’s Playground

TRU #8: What works, what doesn't, and what to quit fast

What to do when bad shit happens

Cinema's Secret Formulas: How our industry thinks to pick the project and then market it well (enough).

The Film Business’ Recent Inflection Points

You say you want a revolution…

HFF's The5: 03.20.25 Edition

How to improve a director/producer collaboration before it even begins

Enjoy The Day!

TRU #7: 03.16.25 Edition

HFF's The5: 03.15.25 Edition

HFF's The5: 03.14.25 Edition "Takeover"

TheFive: 03.13.25 Edition

Do We Really Have To Set Film Budgets For "What The Market Tells Us"?

What would an ideal producer/director matchmaking service look like?

TRU #6: the evidence is in

"This film is a huge piece of my heart. To me- that’s art. It’s giving your heart in the hopes that you reach someone else’s."

Check it out! The Rushfield Lunch with yours truly.

Do Most Film Directors Actually Want A Partner In A Producer?

Flip it, toss it, weave it, share it.

"Long Live Independent Film!"

Cinema's Secret Formulas: How To Save Money

"Stand behind your art, nobody will represent it like you."

The Big Messy: a cinema style that I want but rarely ever get

Sorry to bum you out a bit, but...

May the corporate cinema style of today now die a rapid death please

Cinema's Secret Formulas: Why Non-corporate Cinema Has Tremendous Power

Where Have We Failed: Staged Financing

How to get hired on a great 1990's NYC indie

"It’s the contradictions that lend itself to more layered storytelling, where one code can masquerade as its opposite. Just as a joke can contain contradictions, the lies can reveal the truth. "

All films are political, Part 4

These days, everything begs to be a movie.

"We were actually blessed to have no financial support in the beginning. It meant that all the filming was done by friends who were deeply passionate about telling this story."

TRU #5: 02.14.25 Edition

All Films Are Political, Pt 3

Recategorizing The Bad And Negative

Cinema's Secret Formulas: How to work with "The Best"... And....The5: 02.09.25 edition

Checking In!... with 2024's The Popcorn List's Films

TRU #4: 02.07.24 Edition

All Films Are Political, Pt 2

All Films Are Political, Pt 1

TRU #3: 01.31.25 Edition

Substack’s Cinema Community has arrived!

HFF's The5: 01.28.25

With So Much To Do, Where Do We Begin?

Cinema's Secret Formulas: The Differential

HFF's The5: 01.25.25 Edition

The Round Up: aka TRU: #2

What Should We Have Read Last Year About The State Of Cinema That We Shouldn't Delay Reading Any Longer?

HFF's The5: 01.21.25 Edition

We've Really Got Our Work Cut For Us!

Cinema's Secret Formulas: Why We Don't Think Clearly

The Round Up

How do communities deal with colossal loss and disaster?

The Five: 01.14.25 Edition

If We Addressed The Problems In The Cinema Ecosystem, Would It Better This World?

HFF's The Five: 01.11.25 Edition

HFF's The Five: 01.09.25 Edition

Is It A Mistake To Dream?

The Five: 01.07.25 Edition

The GOOD Things: Some Additional Add-Ons

Cinema's Secret Formulas: Why Artists/Entrepreneurs Need Better Routines

We Have Plenty Left To Improve In Today's Cinema Ecosystem

The Five: 1.02.25 Edition

We Need To Rebuild -- And Build It Back Better