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Filmmaker in service of the weird and the vibes. CUSTOM (2024) + Molar + Wake up + Dog Skin + Wrong Number + A Quiet Room in Walthamstow obliqueblak.com
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Watch the concept video, then head on over to igg.me/at/fairydustmovie and help us get the feature made!

See a Doc, post a Doc.

See a Doc, post a Doc.

That was a good morning.

Check out Cnad's new Kickstarter for Fairy Dust! It's looks fantastic (as usual)! 👇

Thanks Fixion Fest!

New year, new poster! Featuring our leads @franksmomager.bsky.social and Rowan Polonski 📼🔥🖤🗡️

"So is this 'UK Independent Film Industry' in the room with us right now?"

Thanks for everything.

#lastfourwatched @letterboxd.social

There must be approximately 5 billion people in the streets of London right now.

The CHILEAN PREMIERE of CUSTOM will take place at the Fixion Fest—Festival de Cine Fantastico y de Terror in January 2025!

How it started: How it’s going:

It's hard to match Tarkovsky's talent OR his body count.

Cry more

You're not going to be able to develop a highly informed, nuanced take on every conflict in the world, but I'll give you a good heuristic Always, in every circumstance, be opposed to the wanton slaughter of civilians, no matter what elaborate excuses folks throw up about why this time is different

Just finished 'Not a Speck of Light', a fantastic collection of haunting, sometimes absurd and always unpredictable short stories by @lairdbarron.bsky.social Great to have you back, Mr. Barron. Can't wait for the next one. www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

Easy.

AIRPLANE and HOT SHOTS are masterpieces I watch at least once an year. POLICE SQUAD is a work of genius — Cancelled because it required viewers to look at the screen to get the jokes. Probably the first showrunner fired for refusing to produce Second Second Screen Content. RIP Jim Abrahams.

Big Tech is training AI on thousands of TV/film scripts. I spoke to showrunners, IP and business affairs lawyers — as well as the programmer at The Atlantic who examined this data set — to find out what happens next The latest Series Business @theankler.bsky.social theankler.com/p/tv-writers...

These are incredibly complicated and confusing times. Getting up to speed can be hard, especially after a lifetime being lied to about politics, so I put together an explainer for those looking to understand or get friends and family on the same page. jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/what-the-h...

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Blind Beast by Yasuzō Masumura (1969)

Here's the trailer for my first feature, CUSTOM (2024) vimeo.com/919074457

🚨CUSTOM ITALIAN PREMIERE Thanks everyone who attended our screening at the terrific Be Afraid Horror Fest! And thank you for having our film as part of the festival this year! #horrorfilm #festival #italy #udine #indiehorror #independenthorror

2014: the movie Idiocracy is basically a documentary 2024: the movie Idiocracy is a beautiful and aspirational look at a future brighter than our own. a tantalizing glimpse into a better world that has already slipped from our fingertips.

Four books to get to know me.