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Just Emil Kirkegaard Things

By Emil O. W. Kirkegaard

No filter science

ScreenwritingU

The worlds best online screenwriting courses.

From The Yard To The Arthouse

By Decarceration

Cinema And Criminal Justice

Sittin’ on a Backyard Fence

By Jill Blake

A place for my writing, both old and new, including personal stories and observations on movies, television, music, and literature, as well as updates on my ongoing research and other projects.

cinema by izzy

By isabel 💒

cinema, criticism & curated recommendations

Movies Are Therapy

By Kit Lazer

TV and Film news and reviews from Kit Lazer, a guy who built a cult following by being passionate about movies and bad jokes.

Boy Movies

By allison picurro

Girl talk, boy movies

An exploration of "boy movies" with humour, insight and an appreciation for action cinema.

- Stephen Follows

Andrew Yeung's Newsletter

A newsletter for the curious and extraordinary in tech and business.

Ask Erin

By Erin Khar

She’s made all the mistakes, so you don’t have to… Ask Erin is a weekly advice column, in which Erin answers your burning questions about anything at all.

The Witching Hour

By Peg Aloi

News, analysis, commentary and reviews of media portraying witchcraft, paganism and the occult

🔴 PILOT NOTES by PAUL G RYAN

By Paul G. Ryan

Reflections on places, adventures, and people. Words and images. Some recent, some from the past.

The Sheila Variations 2.0

By Sheila O'Malley

Harriet the Spy started it all. I’m a misanthrope who loves people. TCB.

RetroClassic Movies

Dedicated to promoting knowledge & appreciation of Classic Movies!

The Screen

By Akos Peterbencze

Injecting cinephilia and telephilia straight into the heart.

Ahead of AI

By Sebastian Raschka

Ahead of AI focuses on machine learning and AI research and is read by more than 200,000 researchers and practitioners who want to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving field.

Alex Castro

Liberdade, literatura, contemplação

AlgoMaster Newsletter

By Ashish Pratap Singh

Master Coding and System Design Interviews. Level up your Software Engineering career. Subscribe and get a FREE System Design Interview Handbook in your inbox.

what are we even doing here?

By Ash Perez

a substack written by Ash Perez about pop culture, grief, television, writing, gay things, and what it means to be alive in general.

Let's Go Again

By court

A philosophical and practical guide for non-dependent artists.

TEFI'S MONTHLY MOVIES

By TEFI PESSOA

Every month we'll talk movies and why. I think that's pretty badass honestly

Practical Screenwriting

By Tony Tost

practical screenwriting advice from an outsider working in an insider industry

8 Above with Jon Reiss

By Jon Reiss-8Above

Independent film distribution made simple.

IndieScene. FORWARD

IndieScene.FORWARD is your hub for exclusive insights, curated resources, and industry updates, driving a sustainable and inclusive future for independent cinema worldwide.

On the Circuit

By Jon Fitzgerald

A newsletter focusing on the evolving film festival circuit, new trends in distribution and keys to maximizing success. Create the ideal strategy for your film, and advance your career.

Jon and his team have done so much to help filmmakers over the years. this is just one of many, many awesome bits of work he puts out. Highly recommend.

- Stephen Follows

The Anonymous Production Assistant

By TAPA

Former PA and assistant, now I've climbed the Hollywood ladder and want to help others do the same.

Marshall and the Movies

By Marshall Shaffer

Film critic Marshall Shaffer talks you through the movies you should watch, twice a week.

Caden Mark Gardner

Film criticism, journaling, and essays

Nonfics

By Christopher Campbell

Nonfics is a newsletter for documentary enthusiasts delivering reviews, interviews, and streaming guides.

Christine Conradt’s Substack

Professional author and screenwriter exploring the world of storytelling with articles on the craft, the business, and creativity.

Talking Pictures

By Max Borg

The latest in film and TV: articles, lists, etc.

Auteurist Class

By Peter Sobczynski

My personal Substack. Movie reviews, terrible jokes and occasional arcane T-Swift references. The usual nonsense, just a new location

Famous and Beloved Newsletter

By Clare

This is a Substack about culture called the Famous and Beloved Newsletter.

Omnivorous

By Dr. Thomas J. West III

Pop culture commentary and sundry other writings by a recovering academic and self-proclaimed public intellectual.

D'A - Festival de Cinema de Barcelona

By D'A Festival Cinema Barcelona

Notícies a l'entorn i més enllà del D'A - Festival de Cinema de Barcelona

The Entertainment Strategy Guy

The best writing on entertainment strategy including a weekly "Streaming Ratings Report", unpacking what shows and films are winning the streaming wars.

Deep-dive analysis of the business side of Hollywood, with a focus on streaming data

- Stephen Follows

Stat Significant

By Daniel Parris

Data-centric essays about movies, music, TV, and more.

Daniel is 'one of us'. He drills deep into the entertainment world and comes back out with fascinating insights.

- Stephen Follows

The Code Is Zeek

By Aaron Neuwirth

Aaron Neuwirth's latest movie reviews, podcast episodes, essays, & more!

The Last Thing I Saw

By Nicolas Rapold

Where good movies are always news! Homebase for The Last Thing I Saw Podcast. Conversations about movies with leading critics and filmmakers. New releases, old favorites, festival highlights, streaming recs.

The Metropolitan

By The Editors

Weekly emails about pop culture & society, written by British Generation X. No dunking. No hot takes. No false nostalgia. Choose the 'Free' option when you subscribe to get the weekly newsletter.

Brianna's Digest

By Brianna Zigler

brianna zigler's thoughts on film and pop culture, and other stuff too

MovieStruck

By Ivan Webster

Movies and the world surrounding them.

The Film Experience

By Nathaniel Rogers ☮️

Actresses, awards, and cinematic musings

Business of TV

By Jen Topping

Discover everything TV and film producers need to know to plan for the future in our age of internet disruption, without hype or oversimplification.

Big Data News Weekly

Latest news on Big Data, Data Science, AI, Machine Learning, Fintech, IoT, Analytics, Cloud

Hope For Film

By Ted Hope

Exploring how we make good movies—and good creative lives—possible... for ever and ever and ever.

Ted is a hero of indie film and I have learned so much from our conversations over the years. Must read.

- Stephen Follows

AnnaGrams

By Anna Pulley

On creativity, hope, and living life on your own terms. Plus, free romance/erotica, poetry, and links that make you smile or make you think.

Data For Science

By Bruno Gonçalves

A newsletter about all things Data Science, Machine Learning and AI, by Bruno Gonçalves

So Here’s a Thing

By Michael Marshall Smith

Words about writing, and the world, and the weird and fascinating things in it. Everything's interesting if you give it a good look — so let's go do that.

Film London's Upstream

By Film London Upstream

Upstream is an innovative IP showcase from Film London which platforms exciting early-stage projects from film and TV, games, publishing, podcasters, graphic novels, theatre and animation for producers and development executives across film, TV and games.

MOVIEPUDDING

By moviepudding

A newsletter on film and food, and their overlap. Sign up for pairings, reviews, and restaurant recs, mostly in nyc.