How You Can Benefit from Finding Filmmaking Communities

How much Tom Cruise and the film industry has changed from the first Top Gun movie to Maverick

The problem with long climaxes thanks to Michael Bay and Christopher Nolan

Creating a story worth telling vs. destroying every last fiber of a franchise

Scientology is still bad but at least Maverick has age-appropriate love interests

James Cameron’s deliberate old-man trolling about his 3-hour movie

Declining appeal of long movies as well as shows with too many seasons

Advice for emerging filmmakers: Less is more and storytelling matters most

Building community through backyard cinema and low-level networking events

Details about Laowa’s anamorphic lenses, Atlas Lens’ Orion Silver Edition, and finding the perfect combination of camera, lenses, and lighting