Cinema Body Cinema Mind is a home for thinking and feeling our way through film. I explore how movies work on us—not just in our heads, but in our senses, memories, and everyday lives through essays, podcast episodes, and video lectures.
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Lessons from a Cine-Autodidact with Thomas Flight
Thomas Flight is one of YouTube's most successful cinema-focused video essayists and has now shifted across to Substack.
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Daughters of Darkness and the Space between Trash and High Art
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It’s 6:30 am. I’m in a Pret, drinking a £1 filter coffee at Highbury Corner, trying to get some words out before the heat starts to saturate every particle of air.
If you have been reading any London-based writers over the...
Cannes Film Festival Special with Critic Dr Savina Petkova
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So my first “experiment” live stream on Substack was an unmitigated success (even if I do say so myself). This is mainly thanks to my fantastic guest, critic, curator and academic Dr Savina Petkova. She very generously took...
How to self-create without waiting for permission, with writer-director Courtney Romano
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If I think about why I enjoy these conversations, and why podcasting has shaped my engagement with media for the last decade, it can essentially be boiled down to three things: firstly, I might learn something; secondly, t...
Why isn't the revolution happening?
Everyone is acknowledging the dire state of the world, so why does a sense of fundamental economic and social transformation seem totally inconceivable?
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Words, written and spoken, on film, culture, art, education, with a philosophical inflection.
Contemplating media, art, and life.
Writing, directing, & producing NonDē films. Organizing the NonDē 50 Films Project, contributing to FilmStack Daily Digest, and making my feature directorial debut in 2026.
one more time with feeling.
Cinema-maker. Former Co-Executive Director of Filmmakers Alliance.
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I'm making my first documentary at 62, Voices for Change, with my kid Ray, a talented filmmaker at 19. I'm writing about this journey here.
Artist
Actor, Londoner, Dad. In that order. Expert in men chasing status whilst overcompensating for their deep routed insecurities. grew up in a Blockbuster. filmmaking student
Expect lots of FilmStack and then random thoughts on tv, movies, theater, books, and life
Roving cinevangelist & professional word nerd, on a quest to build a real film culture in Columbus, OH.
A cinephile for decades, with an emphasis on European arthouse cinema. I write about films from festivals (mostly) on The Disapproving Swede webpage and other outlets. https://www.disapprovingswede.com/
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