Scott Macaulay
@scottmacaulay.bsky.social
(Departing) Editor, Filmmaker Magazine. Film producer (“The Assistant,” “What Happened Was…”, “Raising Victor Vargas,” “Gummo”) at Forensic Films. Personal account, opinions my own.
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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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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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.
@victorlavalle.bsky.social
@yukoart.bsky.social
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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.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/LVQ/t...
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.
@victorlavalle.bsky.social
@yukoart.bsky.social
@victorlavalle.bsky.social
@yukoart.bsky.social
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
www.theguardian.com
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
www.nytimes.com
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
Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources.
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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.
Interesting article. At Filmmaker Magazine, this is something we are debating, whether to destructively scan our issues in order to get them fully digitized going back to the beginning. Some of the early issues there are not many — if any — copies left.
While destructive scanning is a common practice among some book digitizing operations, Anthropic's approach is somewhat unusual due to its massive scale.
Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models
Company hired Google’s book-scanning chief to cut up and digitize “all the books in the world.”…
arstechnica.com
June 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Interesting article. At Filmmaker Magazine, this is something we are debating, whether to destructively scan our issues in order to get them fully digitized going back to the beginning. Some of the early issues there are not many — if any — copies left.
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here’s an excerpt from my book CINEMA HER WAY where Mira Nair and I discuss her film THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST and she shared with me this story about her son, Zohran Mamdani, experiencing Islamophobia post-9/11 while walking with his grandfather in Manhattan.
June 27, 2025 at 2:36 AM
here’s an excerpt from my book CINEMA HER WAY where Mira Nair and I discuss her film THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST and she shared with me this story about her son, Zohran Mamdani, experiencing Islamophobia post-9/11 while walking with his grandfather in Manhattan.
How come I've never heard this Peel Session of Eno and Winkies? Amazing version of "I'll Come Running" that is not on the tracklist. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D1j...
Eno & The Winkies - Peel Session 1974
YouTube video by Vibracobra23
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June 26, 2025 at 4:26 AM
How come I've never heard this Peel Session of Eno and Winkies? Amazing version of "I'll Come Running" that is not on the tracklist. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D1j...
"Alot of times I like em to just shut up and listen to the music..." Diamanda Galas interviewed in the '80s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBq4...
Diamanda Galas - short interview clip in mid 80s by Videowave
YouTube video by Videowave
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June 26, 2025 at 4:18 AM
"Alot of times I like em to just shut up and listen to the music..." Diamanda Galas interviewed in the '80s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBq4...
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Clinton, Clyburn, Summers, Palantir, Bloomberg, NYT, Wall St, AIPAC...all tried their best.
The entire establishment went full racist and Islamophobic in the end.
Still Mamdani won.
Biggest F U to the Democratic Establishment and 1% since AOC win.
Wow.
The entire establishment went full racist and Islamophobic in the end.
Still Mamdani won.
Biggest F U to the Democratic Establishment and 1% since AOC win.
Wow.
June 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Clinton, Clyburn, Summers, Palantir, Bloomberg, NYT, Wall St, AIPAC...all tried their best.
The entire establishment went full racist and Islamophobic in the end.
Still Mamdani won.
Biggest F U to the Democratic Establishment and 1% since AOC win.
Wow.
The entire establishment went full racist and Islamophobic in the end.
Still Mamdani won.
Biggest F U to the Democratic Establishment and 1% since AOC win.
Wow.
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Major decision out of the Northern District of California. AI training on copyrighted material is fair use under the copyright act. This will have major implications for the AI industry and artists having their work stolen by AI companies.
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June 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Major decision out of the Northern District of California. AI training on copyrighted material is fair use under the copyright act. This will have major implications for the AI industry and artists having their work stolen by AI companies.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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June 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Free Indie Distribution Webinar: Join me, @jonreiss.bsky.social, @muscledistribution.bsky.social, Willa, @watermelonpictures.bsky.social and Cartuna x Dweck to learn how these companies are approaching the current indie distro scene. Capped at 500, mostly full so sign up now.