The newsletter 35K+ monthly readers choose to talk about films. TFS connects cinema to the conversations that matter now. Weekly essays that make you the smartest voice in every party, plus monthly watchlists worth your time.
How's this for a hook? After spending eight years in federal prison, the anonymous author catches up on all the movies he missed in that time. His reviews are sharp, thoughtful, and frequently weave in discussions of the criminal justice system. A must-read.
We need a vibrant alternative to mainstream culture, especially a non-dependent cinema ecosystem. Let's build it together & examine what got us here in the first place -- including how we can each build our own sustainable & generative creative practices.
Deeper into movies (and a little TV). Essays, reviews, conversation. Past and present. From the editors of The Dissolve.
Scott Tobias and Keith Phipps (formerly of The A.V. Club, currently of The Next Picture Show podcast) operate this essential film criticism publication.
Home of the Weekly Directed By Women Viewing Guide. Here you will find writing about films directed by women, silent cinema, and other esoteric (mostly) film related stuff.
Marya Gates watches more movies than you do, likely by a mile, and she's one of the best critics around.
A newsletter uplifting the unheard and underrepresented voices of the film community. Voicing our perspectives on visual media (both film and TV), we seek to challenge the reader’s expectations of what media can convey – past and present.
I first read Fran Hoepfner's work at Bright Wall/Dark Room, where she writes like her hair's on fucking fire. Judging from her Substack, those flames have not yet been extinguished.
AHP and I were peers in grad school, and since then she's only gone on to write three books, launch several successful pods, and write one of Substack's best, and deservedly most popular, publications.
