Drea Clark
@dreaclark.bsky.social
Artistic Director (Bentonville Film Festival) | Podcaster (Maximum Film!) | Nominations Producer (Spirit Awards) | Programming Associate (Sundance) | Producer | dreaclark.com
This murder by ICE is horrific and expected, and their violence will continue accelerating because everything from their (minimal) training to their orders prioritizes aggression without any regard to humanity. Get them off the streets and start prosecuting them.
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Live: Mayor Frey blasts ICE in fiery response to fatal shooting
The mayor called for calm after a fatal shooting by an immigration agent in south Minneapolis. ICE said the agent acted defensively.
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January 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
This murder by ICE is horrific and expected, and their violence will continue accelerating because everything from their (minimal) training to their orders prioritizes aggression without any regard to humanity. Get them off the streets and start prosecuting them.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Marya (an incredible advocate for women making films) gets at the heart of things in this thread, as it’s even more frustrating than the headline. There are so many talented female directors out there pushing hard to make indies, but they aren’t given the same shot at the big leagues.
It's important to note that this means that only 8% of the top 100 GROSSING films are directed by women. It doesn't mean that 92% of all films are directed by men. It means the films by women are not making as much money. But the directors are there and making films.
The annual study had some blistering conclusions and observations this year, as Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. and Lionsgate did not hire a single woman director for films included in the study in 2025.
Read much, much more: https://bit.ly/4qxFSVs
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Read much, much more: https://bit.ly/4qxFSVs
📸 Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images/Universal
January 2, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Marya (an incredible advocate for women making films) gets at the heart of things in this thread, as it’s even more frustrating than the headline. There are so many talented female directors out there pushing hard to make indies, but they aren’t given the same shot at the big leagues.
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I think it's pretty interesting that two of our most enduring Christmas villains/dudes in need of redemption are landlords.
December 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I think it's pretty interesting that two of our most enduring Christmas villains/dudes in need of redemption are landlords.
This was fun… mostly hilarious with a few sprinkles of earnestness, that special Screen Drafts blend.
🎄 New in the Booster Club 🎄
The Legends Holiday Party!
Clay and Ryan invited @billyraybrewton.bsky.social, @bryancogman.bsky.social, Darren Franich, @grahamskipper.bsky.social, & @dreaclark.bsky.social to join them in a night of games, Q&As, and general merriment!
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The Legends Holiday Party!
Clay and Ryan invited @billyraybrewton.bsky.social, @bryancogman.bsky.social, Darren Franich, @grahamskipper.bsky.social, & @dreaclark.bsky.social to join them in a night of games, Q&As, and general merriment!
www.patreon.com/posts/146469...
December 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This was fun… mostly hilarious with a few sprinkles of earnestness, that special Screen Drafts blend.
I only met James Ransone briefly, at the Spirit Awards where he was part of the Altman Award winning ensemble for Sean Baker's Starlet. His joy struck me, as he often portrayed such complex figures struggling with darkness. It's heartbreaking to think of his own life in those terms. Rest in peace.
December 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I only met James Ransone briefly, at the Spirit Awards where he was part of the Altman Award winning ensemble for Sean Baker's Starlet. His joy struck me, as he often portrayed such complex figures struggling with darkness. It's heartbreaking to think of his own life in those terms. Rest in peace.
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Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.
December 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.
Love the Sundance 2026 titles, and as ever I'm particularly fond of the Episodic section I help craft! Some recognizable names (Riz Ahmed, Jim Cummings, Nicole Holofcener), plus great emerging talent: Turner Brothers, Stacey Lee, Alec Goldberg & Camille Wormser!
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Sundance Film Festival 2026 Lineup Includes New Films from Gregg Araki, Judd Apatow, Josephine Decker, Jay Duplass
New films from Judd Apatow, Olivia Wilde, Gregg Araki, and more round out the 2026 Sundance Film Festival lineup.
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December 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Love the Sundance 2026 titles, and as ever I'm particularly fond of the Episodic section I help craft! Some recognizable names (Riz Ahmed, Jim Cummings, Nicole Holofcener), plus great emerging talent: Turner Brothers, Stacey Lee, Alec Goldberg & Camille Wormser!
www.indiewire.com/news/festiva...
www.indiewire.com/news/festiva...
Not to get all Winchester '73 with it, but that is the same gun Melissa Joan Hart used to kidnap Mario Lopez in Holiday in Handcuffs.
December 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Not to get all Winchester '73 with it, but that is the same gun Melissa Joan Hart used to kidnap Mario Lopez in Holiday in Handcuffs.
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If you really dug ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, I urge you to check out HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE.
December 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
If you really dug ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, I urge you to check out HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE.
I am so genuinely proud of our list of independent film nominees for this year's Spirit Awards; I wish people could know the integrity and passion that our nominating committees approach these selections with, but that anonymity is part of why it's so special. www.vulture.com/article/inde...
The 2026 Indie Spirit Awards Nominations
Peter Hujar had a good day, and there’s no need to be sorry for Sorry, Baby.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I am so genuinely proud of our list of independent film nominees for this year's Spirit Awards; I wish people could know the integrity and passion that our nominating committees approach these selections with, but that anonymity is part of why it's so special. www.vulture.com/article/inde...
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If you're looking for some entertainment on this holiday weekend, you can watch TRAIN DREAMS and then listen to this very special episode of the podcast -- complete with our annual Turkeys of the Year -- with our guest, casting director Nicole Arbusto! #filmsky
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November 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
If you're looking for some entertainment on this holiday weekend, you can watch TRAIN DREAMS and then listen to this very special episode of the podcast -- complete with our annual Turkeys of the Year -- with our guest, casting director Nicole Arbusto! #filmsky
maximumfun.org/episodes/max...
maximumfun.org/episodes/max...
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The #WeAintBuyingIt movement urges people not to shop at Amazon, Home Depot or Target between Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Of course, the more you can support small local businesses rather than pouring money into the coffers of bad-acting retailers, the better. bit.ly/weaintbuyingit
We Ain't Buying It!
This Thanksgiving-Cyber Monday were hitting pause on corporations that enable this administration!
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November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The #WeAintBuyingIt movement urges people not to shop at Amazon, Home Depot or Target between Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Of course, the more you can support small local businesses rather than pouring money into the coffers of bad-acting retailers, the better. bit.ly/weaintbuyingit
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The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
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He's not sacrificing an entire group of people for political reasons because he feels pressured. He is very securely the governor of the biggest state in the country. We can assume he says and does hateful things because he's hateful.
gavin newsom says he wants to pass legislation banning trans people from playing sports in california
October 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
He's not sacrificing an entire group of people for political reasons because he feels pressured. He is very securely the governor of the biggest state in the country. We can assume he says and does hateful things because he's hateful.
Me and my sons, such fine young men. Hallowed be the Dutch angles in Doubt.
🚨 face reveal of the Chasing Amy Adams crew 🚨
Here's hoping Sunday mass averted any lingering crisis of faith so you're primed and ready to listen to our episode on Doubt with @dreaclark.bsky.social from @maximumfilmpodcast.bsky.social!
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Here's hoping Sunday mass averted any lingering crisis of faith so you're primed and ready to listen to our episode on Doubt with @dreaclark.bsky.social from @maximumfilmpodcast.bsky.social!
🎧: podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/d...
October 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Me and my sons, such fine young men. Hallowed be the Dutch angles in Doubt.
It is very hard for me to take in characters doing distinctive accents without (poorly) mimicking them, so the fact that I didn't do this whole podcast trying to replicate Meryl Streep's Bronx nun voice is a personal achievement. Amy Adams holds her own, which was my goal with Dane and Louis.
Today we’re talking about the 2008 drama Doubt with special guest @dreaclark.bsky.social.
Plus: the horror of Dutch angles, the moment Amy became offer-only, and Kirk Douglas shilling for Casa Zeta-Jones.
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Plus: the horror of Dutch angles, the moment Amy became offer-only, and Kirk Douglas shilling for Casa Zeta-Jones.
🎧: podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/d...
October 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
It is very hard for me to take in characters doing distinctive accents without (poorly) mimicking them, so the fact that I didn't do this whole podcast trying to replicate Meryl Streep's Bronx nun voice is a personal achievement. Amy Adams holds her own, which was my goal with Dane and Louis.
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Great stuff from some young readers in Iowa with lessons for us all! Start where you are, build your community, keep pushing on policy, & have fun! And for any grown-ups in the room, sometimes the best action you can take is supporting the action of the young people in your community
When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them
Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years...
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October 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Great stuff from some young readers in Iowa with lessons for us all! Start where you are, build your community, keep pushing on policy, & have fun! And for any grown-ups in the room, sometimes the best action you can take is supporting the action of the young people in your community
My indie film brain response to the Louvre robbery was that it must be marketing for The Mastermind.
October 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
My indie film brain response to the Louvre robbery was that it must be marketing for The Mastermind.
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For episode 20, producer and @maximumfilmpodcast.bsky.social co-host @dreaclark.bsky.social joins us to talk about the 2008 drama Doubt. Stuff all those gossip feathers back in your pillow before you join us on 10/22!
October 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
For episode 20, producer and @maximumfilmpodcast.bsky.social co-host @dreaclark.bsky.social joins us to talk about the 2008 drama Doubt. Stuff all those gossip feathers back in your pillow before you join us on 10/22!
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studio execs & major outlets claim AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over Hollywood. the reality is much different. i spoke with filmmakers, producers, and editors about how AI is actually showing up in productions – and what it still can't do:
Hollywood Has a Major AI Hype Problem
Studio execs and major media outlets claim that AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over film and TV. The reality is much different.
movieweb.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
studio execs & major outlets claim AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over Hollywood. the reality is much different. i spoke with filmmakers, producers, and editors about how AI is actually showing up in productions – and what it still can't do:
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We’ve got our crew (incl the hilarious @danielleradford.bsky.social) assembled to discuss the new heist movie from Shane Black, PLAY DIRTY. Was it the heist of the century? We have thoughts. #filmsky
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October 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
We’ve got our crew (incl the hilarious @danielleradford.bsky.social) assembled to discuss the new heist movie from Shane Black, PLAY DIRTY. Was it the heist of the century? We have thoughts. #filmsky
maximumfun.org/episodes/max...
maximumfun.org/episodes/max...
My mom and her BFFs from small town Nebraska are on vacation in Portland, OR... they've gone to a drag show and posed with the queens ("we learned a lot"), and drove by the ICE facility ("no protestors or violence"). These retired gals are revved up to drop truths all over Midwestern facebook.
October 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
My mom and her BFFs from small town Nebraska are on vacation in Portland, OR... they've gone to a drag show and posed with the queens ("we learned a lot"), and drove by the ICE facility ("no protestors or violence"). These retired gals are revved up to drop truths all over Midwestern facebook.
LIFE AFTER is a gripping investigative documentary directed by disabled filmmaker Reid Davenport, looking at disability justice, healthcare, and autonomy, and available to rent from the film team directly on GATHR from Oct 6-13. Thought-provoking and worth the view and ensuing discussions!
October 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
LIFE AFTER is a gripping investigative documentary directed by disabled filmmaker Reid Davenport, looking at disability justice, healthcare, and autonomy, and available to rent from the film team directly on GATHR from Oct 6-13. Thought-provoking and worth the view and ensuing discussions!
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One Battle After Another and Sinners both lay out a formula for cinema success: diverse movies where white nationalists get duffed in the most graphic way possible shot and presented in increasingly baroque high resolution formats.
September 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
One Battle After Another and Sinners both lay out a formula for cinema success: diverse movies where white nationalists get duffed in the most graphic way possible shot and presented in increasingly baroque high resolution formats.
Oh, to be able to time travel and eavesdrop on the conversation between Paul Thomas Anderson and Maya Rudolph after she read the first draft of One Battle After Another.
September 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Oh, to be able to time travel and eavesdrop on the conversation between Paul Thomas Anderson and Maya Rudolph after she read the first draft of One Battle After Another.