Here are some updates about what I have been working on, and what is in store at The Left-Hand Path this year! Link in Bio.
#filmcriticism #filmwriting #surrealism #thewierd #dalí #filmsky #moviesky
Some drafts are structurally sound but emotionally rushed. Events happen in the right order, but the story moves on before the characters absorb what just occurred.
When that absorption is missing, the script can feel technically correct but hollow.
#WritersBlock #FilmWriting
#writingchallenge #filmwriting #shortfiction #cinephilecommunity #movieessays #storytelling #creativewriting #filmcommunity
📰 ReelRank News is live on Medium.
Concise movie news and editorials — written with the same care and honesty that guides ReelRank. If you want context, not noise, this is for you.
Follow along → blog.reelrank.net
#FilmSky #MovieNews #FilmWriting #ReelRank
Led by Jennifer S. Wilkov, this group is all about collaboration, feedback, and moving your work forward with fellow writers who get it.
💬 Join the conversation:
• Find the NYWIFT Writers Group on Facebook
• Contact membership@nywift.org to receive meeting updates
#nywiftwriters #filmwriting
Silence becomes dangerous once people learn how to live with it.
This weekly Euphoria rewatch, revisiting each episode through memory and a filmmaker’s lens. Episode 2 stayed with me because of how quickly harm starts to feel routine.
#writers #filmwriting #tvanalysis #television #popculture
Catch my essay for “Kyrie Eleison” on the @vinsyn.bsky.social blu-ray! 💿
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#vinegarsyndrome #bluray #pinkfilm #pinkueiga #hisayasusato #filmwriting #japanesehorror
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Locked in a Hotel Room with Prince: Film, Gen Z, and the Absence of Challenging Media
What ’80s movies asked of us — and why so much contemporary media feels afraid to challenge its audience.
🔗 mikespry.substack.com/p/locked-in-...
#FilmWriting #MediaCriticism #GenZ #NarrativeElectricCo
I wrote a new article for Substack! I am starting up a double feature series. This first one covers The Lobster (2015) and Love On A Leash (2011). I had too much fun watching these back to back. Spread the love, subscribe, and all that. #movies #filmessay #kafka #substack #filmwriting
🎬 See what former students have shared about Marc O. Lieberman’s class, Writing for the Screen: An Exercise-Based Approach — now offered in person this Spring 2026, starting Feb 22!
🔗 Register here: https://bit.ly/4numJSt
#Screenwriting #NYUSPS #FilmWriting
Wow! Another post from the smartest idiot you know? Please read this. It would be really nice if like, ten people who weren’t friends of mine read this. Hell, even a few friends would be okay. #substack #movies #filmwriting #movieblog #films
💚 The cracks in Emerald City were never just glass. They were truth trying to get through.
Wicked: For Good approaches, asking what we kept in Oz and what we lost trying to make it shine.
📖 Story on Substack
#writingcommunity #filmwriting #cinematicstorytelling #musicalfilms #whenthecreditsroll
👁️ We call them monsters, but most were made long before they ever broke.
This week’s REEL Talk looks at the films that made us question who the real villain is.
📖 Full story on Substack:
#writingcommunity #horrorwriters #filmwriting #cinematicstorytelling #reeltalk
🎬 See what former students have shared about Marc O. Lieberman’s class, Writing for the Screen: An Exercise-Based Approach — now offered in person this Spring 2026, starting Feb 22!
🔗 Register here: https://bit.ly/4numJSt
#Screenwriting #NYUSPS #FilmWriting
"'Anniversary'" did not predict the future," writes @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social for @ebertvoices.bsky.social. "Unfortunately, [its makers] nailed it." Here's his review of the new movie. For more incisive #filmwriting, pin the Cinephiles feed, created with #SurfSocial.
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I haven't written about films for a while, but I needed to scratch the itch. So I've written about Casablanca and what it teaches us about the art of storytelling
It's going out in my next newsletter, which you can sign up for at chrishunneysett.com
#filmwriting #movies
Changing Lanes isn’t about a crash; it’s about the wreckage we cause when pride feels righteous and trauma goes unspoken.
Redemption starts with collapse, not clarity.
I wrote about that.
🔗 tinyurl.com/w6wczp9u
#ChangingLanes #Redemption #FilmWriting #SalvaMea
Check out the top 7 articles I published on Flasz on Film! Full article below:
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#filmcritic #essay #filmwriting #writingcommunity #movies
This year has been full of amazing moments in my film career, but seeing my name in a printed magazine might be my favorite.
#filmwriting #burtreynolds
We just dropped an essay on the return of The Stepford Wives theme in modern film and fiction, and why it's so pertinent and important. Go check it out, drop your comments and likes, and help support independent film journalism.
#filmsky #moviesky #filmjournalism #filmwriting #stepfordwives
🎬 Barbenheimer didn’t rewrite the rules. It was chaos marketing at its weirdest.
👉 It Wasn’t a Strategy. It Was a Fluke.
📩 screenone.substack.com/p/barbenheim... #Barbenheimer #Cinema #FilmWriting #ScreenOne #Substack
We speak to another No. 1 🎧 #screenwriting #screenwriter #screenplay #scriptwriting #filmwriting #writersroom #tvwriting #featurefilm #indiefilm #filmmakers #writingcommunity #scriptchat #pitching #writerslife #hollywoodwriter #emergingwriter podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
I wrote a booklet essay! Pre-order the @88films.bsky.social release of “Tokyo Emmanuelle” - timed for the 50th anniversary 💕
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#tokyoemmanuelle #emmanuelle #bluray #bluraycollector #filmwriting #pinkueiga #pinkfilm #nikkatsu
The Importance of the Writer Strike! Full story: pod.link/1707027844 #writerstrike #wga #tvwriting #filmwriting #mikeroyce #1000 @mikeroyce.bsky.social
A little paragraph from Fangs of Love - first draft - that is an ode to #lettherightonein. I also write about tv & movies in rags like @inthemood.magazine
#filmwriting #writingonfilms #filmwriter #filmcritic #moviecritic #writingaboutmovies #writingabouttv #popculturewriter #inthemoodmagazine
New capsule up! Companion reminded me of Air Doll (2009).
#companion #lefthandpath #filmcriticism #filmwriting #sophiethatcher #airdoll #koreeda #drewhancock #filmsky #moviesky
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First essay of 2025! "The General is not just about train travel, but how trains travel. Each car is a distinct link in a chain, and Buster Keaton is continuously off the chain."
#filmcriticism #filmwriting #lefthandpath #filmsky #moviesky
In my latest #essay, I wrote about the (surprisingly good) Smile films and how they make trauma the monster. #popculture #popculturewriting #filmwriting #filmanalysis
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