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Movies I Watched in the Spring of 2025
When I last posted in May of 2023, I was about to start film school. Although I’ve gone silent on Substack for a while, I’ve been watching a lot of movies. I’ve also been writing and directing short films. I’ll share a couple of them here s...
Movies I Watched in May
“You’re doing too much, do less.” Kunu, Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Five-Star Movies
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), Directed by Nicholas Stoller, Written by Jason Segel
Four-and-a-Half Star Movies
The Departed (2006), Directe...
Estranged
This was my first short film, written and directed during the five-week Summer Film Intensive at University of North Carolina School of the Arts. With three hours to set up the room and shoot, it was lesson in time management! Huge thanks t...
Judas and the Black Messiah
2021 - Written by Will Berson, Shaka King, and Kenneth Lucas. Directed by Will Person
Well, this was a gut punch. Initially I was skeptical of watching this movie, as I hardly ever enjoy biopics and always seem to find myself bored an...
Movies I Watched in January
Beau Travail (1999) by Claire Denis, starring Dennis Lavant
Here’s a quick list of the movies I watched this month. I’ve rated them all on a scale of 1 to 5, 5 being near perfection. You’ll also find links to the IMDB pages of the top ten...
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