The Ambitious Cinephile

Don't waste the gift of obsession

Mar 18

50

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18

Why Historians Will Study 2025 Cinema

This was a cultural moment akin to 1999 or the early 1970s

Mar 6

239

39

50

February 2026

Television Was Supposed to Kill Cinema. It Failed.

The weird, unpredictable ways TV changed the movies

Feb 16

27

4

12

December 2025

Five Books That Changed How I Think About Movies

My 2025 best-of list

Dec 23, 2025

35

19

10

November 2025

How to End a Movie

Sidney Lumet, House of Dynamite & Weapons

Nov 10, 2025

11

3

October 2025

Attack of the Two-Headed Monster!

On art vs commerce & the profitable compromises of Roger Corman

Oct 19, 2025

21

7

5

The Shoestring Genius of Mario Bava

A short tale of low-budget ingenuity

Oct 7, 2025

22

1

6

September 2025

The Elevated Shlock of Roger Corman

Same as it ever was

Sep 23, 2025

14

1

2

Who Needs a Script When You Have a Poster?

(and Charles Bronson)

Sep 17, 2025

16

2

1

The Filmstack Reading List

Books, books & more books

Sep 9, 2025

86

14

16

Filmstack Inspirations #18

Herzog, Furiosa, Talking Heads & more

Sep 4, 2025

18

6

5

August 2025

The Strange Hope of Film Noir

A letter to my daughter

Aug 30, 2025

26

7

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