Scott Macaulay
@scottmacaulay.bsky.social
Film producer (“The Assistant,” “What Happened Was…”, “Raising Victor Vargas,” “Gummo”) at Forensic Films. Co-founder, Filmmaker Magazine. Former Programming Director of The Kitchen.
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There is a precedent for a person getting someone else's Nobel Prize. In 1943, the Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun, gave his Nobel Prize in literature to Joseph Goebbels uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
Knut Hamsun
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920, Knut Hamsun (1859–1952) was a towering figure of Norwegian letters. He was also a Nazi sympathizer and supp...
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January 16, 2026 at 1:41 PM
There is a precedent for a person getting someone else's Nobel Prize. In 1943, the Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun, gave his Nobel Prize in literature to Joseph Goebbels uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
Big news! David's name has been bandied about for a while, and he's a good choice. Previous stints include Participant, Universal and Good Machine.
We’re thrilled to announce David Linde will join Sundance Institute as CEO beginning February 2026 — a longtime advocate for artist-driven storytelling, his work has been intrinsically linked to our own throughout his time as the former CEO of Participant, Co-Founder of Focus Features, and more.
January 15, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Big news! David's name has been bandied about for a while, and he's a good choice. Previous stints include Participant, Universal and Good Machine.
Tmw is my last day at Filmmaker, and it’s also the last day for our estimable director of editorial operations Vadim Rizov, who has been a valued partner for 11 of my 33 years. Here, he curates some of his best work that we’ve had the privilege of publishing. filmmakermagazine.com/132962-vadim...
My Best Work as (Mostly) an Editor
When I realized I’d be laid off (via: restructuring) from the publication I’ve worked at for 11+ years, I went back through the print archives to round up work I was proud of as an interviewer and…
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January 8, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Tmw is my last day at Filmmaker, and it’s also the last day for our estimable director of editorial operations Vadim Rizov, who has been a valued partner for 11 of my 33 years. Here, he curates some of his best work that we’ve had the privilege of publishing. filmmakermagazine.com/132962-vadim...
Leaving The Gotham today for the last time holding my final issue of Filmmaker magazine. On newsstands now/soon, it’s a banger.
January 8, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Leaving The Gotham today for the last time holding my final issue of Filmmaker magazine. On newsstands now/soon, it’s a banger.
For Filmmaker’s new print issue, director Jaime Levinas writes about learning from Amos Poe, who passed away yesterday in New York City. R.I.P. Amos. filmmakermagazine.com/132695-learn...
Learning From Amos Poe
The following essay about Amos Poe appears in Filmmaker’s Winter, 2026 print edition in a section, Reflections, that looks back on 33 years of American independent film and Filmmaker Magazine.
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December 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
For Filmmaker’s new print issue, director Jaime Levinas writes about learning from Amos Poe, who passed away yesterday in New York City. R.I.P. Amos. filmmakermagazine.com/132695-learn...
At Filmmaker, I just posted the Sundance 2026 lineup.
Sundance Film Festival Announces 2026 Lineup
The Sundance Film Festival announced today the 97 films and episodic programs that will screen at the 2026 edition, the final one in Park City, UT.
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December 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
At Filmmaker, I just posted the Sundance 2026 lineup.
This article of is 7 years old, but it’s an evergreen one, especially Thanksgiving week.
So You Didn’t Get Into Sundance, Redux
“So you didn’t get into Sundance.” That’s the title of a 2009 blog post I wrote for Filmmaker’s website that gets a flurry of hits each December as, yes, a lot of people don’t get into Sundance.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This article of is 7 years old, but it’s an evergreen one, especially Thanksgiving week.
Super excited about this @metrographnyc.bsky.social event on Dec . 6 — short films from Filmmaker’s 2025 25 New Faces. I will be doing the Q&As in what will be my Filmmaker event swan song. Hope to see some of you there. metrograph.com/filmmaker-ma...
November 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Super excited about this @metrographnyc.bsky.social event on Dec . 6 — short films from Filmmaker’s 2025 25 New Faces. I will be doing the Q&As in what will be my Filmmaker event swan song. Hope to see some of you there. metrograph.com/filmmaker-ma...
Regarding “After the Hunt,” I’m glad Arto Lindsay got paid.
September 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Regarding “After the Hunt,” I’m glad Arto Lindsay got paid.
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We just lost an icon in the world of music videos. Diane Martel was a trailblazer, her eye defined an era. Her credits include Dance With My Father (Luther), Dreamlover (Mariah), Throw Ya Gunz (Onyx) and more. She created space for the dancers and opened doors for women directors. Rest in power sis.
September 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
We just lost an icon in the world of music videos. Diane Martel was a trailblazer, her eye defined an era. Her credits include Dance With My Father (Luther), Dreamlover (Mariah), Throw Ya Gunz (Onyx) and more. She created space for the dancers and opened doors for women directors. Rest in power sis.
For my penultimate issue of Filmmaker, one of my favorite original cover shots yet. Thanks to photographer @isseygoold.bsky.social and filmmaker Mary Bronstein (“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.”
September 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
For my penultimate issue of Filmmaker, one of my favorite original cover shots yet. Thanks to photographer @isseygoold.bsky.social and filmmaker Mary Bronstein (“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.”
I spoke to Charlie Kaufman and Eva HD about their hauntingly beautiful ode to memory, seeing and Athens, "How to Shoot a Ghost," which premiered today in Venice. filmmakermagazine.com/131654-i-wen...
“I Went Outside with the Idea that, ‘This is My Last Day’”: Charlie Kaufman and Eva HD on Their Venice-Premiering How to Shoot a Ghost
Her face obscured in shadow, a woman, the poet, Eva HD, takes a photograph. Cut to words on the screen, a quote from another poet, Toni Morrison: “At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes…
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September 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I spoke to Charlie Kaufman and Eva HD about their hauntingly beautiful ode to memory, seeing and Athens, "How to Shoot a Ghost," which premiered today in Venice. filmmakermagazine.com/131654-i-wen...
The Nova Convention was one of those legendary events. I regret not being in New York and able to see. So I appreciated Lauren Wissot’s interview with the directors of the Locarno premiering new doc “Nova ‘78,” w/ newly discovered archival footage of the event. filmmakermagazine.com/131602-the-n...
“The Nova Convention… a Free Artistic Experiment”: Aaron Brookner and Rodrigo Areias on Nova ‘78
Aaron Brookner and Rodrigo Areias’s Nova ’78 centers around the Nova Convention, a late ’70s avant-garde extravaganza that took place at NYC’s now defunct Entermedia Theater (Second Avenue and 12th…
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August 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The Nova Convention was one of those legendary events. I regret not being in New York and able to see. So I appreciated Lauren Wissot’s interview with the directors of the Locarno premiering new doc “Nova ‘78,” w/ newly discovered archival footage of the event. filmmakermagazine.com/131602-the-n...
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What the actual fucking fuck. www.theverge.com/news/760508/...
August 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
What the actual fucking fuck. www.theverge.com/news/760508/...
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August 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
My dear childhood friend is raising funds for a 13 year old boy and his mother who have been staying with her during his treatment, and for his family still facing a genoc1de back in Ga7a. I can personally guarantee that every cent will support their needs. Thank you for sharing. gofund.me/4a1c529a
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In response to the NYT lists, I called for contributors to submit 15 titles for Best Experimental Cinema of the 21st Century.
109 ballots, 940 films, and 550 artists later, these are the results.
Huge thanks to @filmmakermagazine.com.web.brid.gy for stepping up to publish.
tinyurl.com/484u9f2z
109 ballots, 940 films, and 550 artists later, these are the results.
Huge thanks to @filmmakermagazine.com.web.brid.gy for stepping up to publish.
tinyurl.com/484u9f2z
The 63 Best Experimental Films of the 21st Century (So Far) - Filmmaker Magazine
Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources.
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August 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
In response to the NYT lists, I called for contributors to submit 15 titles for Best Experimental Cinema of the 21st Century.
109 ballots, 940 films, and 550 artists later, these are the results.
Huge thanks to @filmmakermagazine.com.web.brid.gy for stepping up to publish.
tinyurl.com/484u9f2z
109 ballots, 940 films, and 550 artists later, these are the results.
Huge thanks to @filmmakermagazine.com.web.brid.gy for stepping up to publish.
tinyurl.com/484u9f2z
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Bluesky needs some beauty today. Victor LaValle's incredible novels with stunning new covers designed by Yuko Shimizu. If I had to pick a favorite, I would say that I haven't stopped thinking about Lone Women since I read it months ago.
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My publisher released four of my novels with new gorgeous covers by the great Yuko Shimizu.
They’re calling it the LaValle Quartet though each book stands alone.
Just look at these things!
They’re in bookstores now.
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They’re calling it the LaValle Quartet though each book stands alone.
Just look at these things!
They’re in bookstores now.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/LVQ/t...
August 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Bluesky needs some beauty today. Victor LaValle's incredible novels with stunning new covers designed by Yuko Shimizu. If I had to pick a favorite, I would say that I haven't stopped thinking about Lone Women since I read it months ago.
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@yukoart.bsky.social
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I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump | Rashid Khalidi
I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump | Rashid Khalidi
The university’s draconian policies and new definition of antisemitism make much teaching impossible
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August 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
A sad one! R.I.P. Robert Wilson. "Einstein on the Beach" was a canonical work for me as a teenager, long before I saw the piece at its first BAM revival. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/t...
Robert Wilson, Provocative Playwright and Director, Is Dead at 83
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July 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A sad one! R.I.P. Robert Wilson. "Einstein on the Beach" was a canonical work for me as a teenager, long before I saw the piece at its first BAM revival. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/t...
A smart and nuanced piece.
“One of the real challenges here is the way that A.I. undermines the human value of attention, and the individuality that flows from that. What we stand to lose is not just a skill but a mode of being: the pleasure of invention, the felt life of the mind at work.“
Opinion | The Seductions of A.I. for the Writer’s Mind
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July 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
A smart and nuanced piece.
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LITTLE, BIG, AND FAR—Jem Cohens most recent film is playing at the IFC in Manhattan all week. It is spectacular if you or anyone you know is in the city don’t miss this!
July 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
LITTLE, BIG, AND FAR—Jem Cohens most recent film is playing at the IFC in Manhattan all week. It is spectacular if you or anyone you know is in the city don’t miss this!
Great Q&A last night at @ifccenter.bsky.social with Jane Schoenbrun and Jen Cohen. Cohen’s “Little, Big and Far,” an @nytimes.com Critics Pick, runs all week.
July 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Great Q&A last night at @ifccenter.bsky.social with Jane Schoenbrun and Jen Cohen. Cohen’s “Little, Big and Far,” an @nytimes.com Critics Pick, runs all week.
Over at Filmmaker we've been running a series by Amalia Ulman on directors and actors's relationship to the animal world. Here's the delightful latest, in which Amalia goes birding in Central Park with Lili Taylor. filmmakermagazine.com/130978-inter...
Moments of Flight: Lili Taylor and Amalia Ulman Go Birding - Filmmaker Magazine
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July 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Over at Filmmaker we've been running a series by Amalia Ulman on directors and actors's relationship to the animal world. Here's the delightful latest, in which Amalia goes birding in Central Park with Lili Taylor. filmmakermagazine.com/130978-inter...
“… feels spiritually nourishing in a way few films can manage.” Just a fantastic review by Alyssa Wilkinson for Jem Cohen‘s “Little, Big and Far,” which opens this Friday at the @ifccenter.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/m...
‘Little, Big, and Far’ Review: Dwelling in the Cosmos
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July 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“… feels spiritually nourishing in a way few films can manage.” Just a fantastic review by Alyssa Wilkinson for Jem Cohen‘s “Little, Big and Far,” which opens this Friday at the @ifccenter.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/m...
Really proud to be an executive producer of Jem Cohen's new "Little, Big and Far," which opens Friday at @ifccenter.bsky.social. Please come out and also check out the trailer below.
Little, Big, and Far | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Grasshopper Film
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July 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Really proud to be an executive producer of Jem Cohen's new "Little, Big and Far," which opens Friday at @ifccenter.bsky.social. Please come out and also check out the trailer below.