The Film Critic
Benjamin HegedusFilm criticism and industry analysis
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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Is Hollywood Running Out of Ideas?
Hollywood is in a crisis of wills. Studios continue to pour larger budgets into films that are routinely underperforming at the box office. The same stories and franchises are being used over and over so much that they are burnt to the grou...
How I Was Inspired by "Adaptation."
How do movies get written? We see the polished final product, but rarely the panic, self-doubt, and creative dead ends that shape it. At least, not until Charlie Kaufman wrote Adaptation.
Following the success of his debut screenplay for B...
"No Time to Die" and the Myth of James Bond
October 2021. As the final credits of No Time to Die rolled in movie theaters across the world, fans stared at the movie screen in unanimous shock, all thinking the exact same thing.
“What did I just watch?”
The 25th installment of the fa...
Personal Oscars - 2025 Edition
Welcome to my 2025 Personal Oscars: I have compiled my own awards for the best films of the year. This is the third in an ongoing series of Personal Oscars, one for each year once I’ve seen at least 50 films from that year. For 2025, I’ve s...
On Being a Representative of Gen Z Cinephiles
Thursday morning. I sit at my desk in physics, taking notes on buoyancy and stressing over the AP test looming in two weeks. In a moment of free time, I open my Chromebook up to Substack, just to check how my newest post was doing. What met...
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