Category: Insights

  • The Movie That Wasn’t Supposed to Exist

    The Movie That Wasn’t Supposed to Exist

    What does it really take to kill a finished movie? Not a flop… or a script that never got off the ground… or a project that burned through its funds. I mean a movie that’s done. And by done, I mean shot, edited, scored, shown to real audiences who liked it (like, genuinely liked it),…

  • The Road to Astoria: Finding North-Coast Inspiration at the Pickford

    The Road to Astoria: Finding North-Coast Inspiration at the Pickford

    This past week, I took a trip up the coast to Bellingham, Washington. While the scenery was familiar, my primary destination was a specific cultural landmark: the Pickford Film Center. For those of us in the “small-town cinema” world, the Pickford is a North Star. It is a living, breathing case study in how a dedicated…