Making Things Better
Doug DillamanDoug Dillaman's place of sharing about creative endeavors
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Other People's Words
A few weeks ago, my friend and current host* DS of Silverstream (of Funerals & Snakes fame) asked if I’d given up my Substack. A not unfair assumption, given how rarely I post.
Long story short: I keep wanting to leave this platform and s...
Fun During Wartime
So, the self-promotion first.
I am traveling to America next week, and I am taking my feature Gut Instinct with me to two of my stops.
First, I’ll screen in Shapeshifters Cinema in Oakland, CA on Tuesday, July 8. This is the North Ameri...
The Consolation Nexus
It’s an oldie and it’s a goodie, but there might be a few of you who don’t know it.
Anyway, happy new year? (Insert gallows laughter here.)
To stay level-headed, I have been looking for consolation this year, the perspective that helps m...
GUT INSTINCT: coming to Aotearoa!
Before you curl up for twenty-five paragraphs of story time (sorry), here’s the news: GUT INSTINCT is playing all summer in Aotearoa, hopefully at a cinema near you, and if not, bug them to get in touch with me. It will be playing in limite...
Attention and love
For every one of these blogs I write, there’s three dozen I don’t. One I’ve been sitting on all year was provisionally titled “Attention is love”, a title that I came to loathe.
One of many reasons I don’t get around to writing these thin...
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I live in New Zealand. I edit and write (tv, film, streaming) for a living. I evangelise about film, books and music for a passion.
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