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AFI film school #63: Goodfellas -- Prestige comfort

“After doing a couple of war movies, I’m happy to be with something fun. Well, it’s still people killing each other and ruining lives, but at least…”

AFI film school #62: Apocalypse Now -- Hell Continues

“Now that we’re deep into the trenches of war movies, we might as well get to what might be the darkest of them all…”

Optimistic Punk -- Creating a hopeful subversion

What do you think of when you hear the word punk? A dude with a mohawk, wearing a Bad Religion T-shirt, stuck somewhere in the 1970s? A straight-edge kid with face piercings? Someone at any age bucking authority…

AFI film school #61: Platoon -- Hell Begins

“So here we go. I’ve been avoiding the American war movies on this, not because they’re so heavy and depressing, but because… yes, actually, it’s exactly because they’re heavy and depressing…”

Why Candie Does TV

I’d like to share something important about Candie TV that I don’t think I’ve shared before, and it has to do with the TV part of it: why are we focusing only on television shows for the time being…

Indie Filmmaking and AI Ethical Dillemas

In the last article, I asked what others thought about the ethics of AI and indie filmmaking, and I received a range of answers—from “anything goes, it’s the wild west” to “ethical AI use is an oxymoron…

The Ethics of AI and Indie Filmmaking

Usually in these posts, I make some statement about writing, or the state of television, or even a ranked list of the hotness of all Disney Princesses. But today…

Join the Candie Collective

We're building big, imaginative, subversive shows on a scrappy, indie budget, like epic fantasies, period pieces, sci-fi stoner comedies, and more. To pull it off, we have to get creative. That means bootstrapping…

AFI film school #60: On the Waterfront -- Could've

“‘Are you looking at me? I don’t see anyone else around, so you must be looking at me?’
No, that line isn’t from this movie, but…”

AFI film school #59: Lawrence of Arabia -- An epic binge watch

“There are movies that are epic, and then there are ones that are this one. Probably the most intimidating out of all the films within the top 10 of the AFI List, this stands as a movie you’re going to need to dedicate some time to...”