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The Most Underrated Ingredient of Great Art

For a great example of creativity vs creative bankruptcy, watch Star Wars episode 5, and then watch episode 9. I’ll wait. Or you can just…

Nov 4, 2022

The Most Underrated Ingredient of Great Art

Nov 4, 2022

Chris Blair

AFI film school #40: Sunrise — Tripping the Light Fantastic — Cideshow

When I had covered Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush, it made me realize the value that silent films have to offer.

Oct 5, 2022

AFI film school #40: Sunrise — Tripping the Light Fantastic — Cideshow

Oct 5, 2022

Chris Blair

Who Analyzed Roger Rabbit — A podcast dedicated to one of the most innovative movies ever

34 years ago, a movie happened that was unlike any other movie in so many ways, and it’s actually pretty amazing that it exists. You’ve…

Jul 5, 2022

Who Analyzed Roger Rabbit — A podcast dedicated to one of the most innovative movies ever

Jul 5, 2022

Chris Blair

Game Over — How the 1950’s Quiz Show Scandal Affects Us Today — Cideshow

On the topic of television and manipulation, nothing quite demonstrates how our attitudes have changed from the 1950’s to today more than…

Jun 9, 2022

Game Over — How the 1950’s Quiz Show Scandal Affects Us Today — Cideshow

Jun 9, 2022

Chris Blair

AFI film school #38: The Grapes of Wrath — Adapting meaning

Many of the movies on this AFI top 100 list are based off of books. Funny enough, some of them are much more remembered for the movie they…

May 13, 2022

AFI film school #38: The Grapes of Wrath — Adapting meaning

May 13, 2022

Chris Blair

AFI film school #35: The Apartment — Finally turning the key

Of course, for all of us, there’s fairly big movies that we haven’t seen because we had no interest in watching them. This is true for…

Mar 29, 2022

AFI film school #35: The Apartment — Finally turning the key

Mar 29, 2022

Chris Blair

AFI film school #34: The Wild Bunch — Strength in numbers

When the AFI top 100 movies are mentioned, a lot of adjectives could come to mind: great, prestigious, accomplished, old, stuffy.

Mar 18, 2022

AFI film school #34: The Wild Bunch — Strength in numbers

Mar 18, 2022

Chris Blair

AFI film school #33: Network — An angle on all — Cidesh

It’s amazing when a film is able to so accurately point towards a problem that it becomes even more meaningful and relevant 50 years after…

Mar 8, 2022

AFI film school #33: Network — An angle on all — Cidesh

Mar 8, 2022

Chris Blair

AFI film school #32: The Gold Rush — Words about no words — Cideshow

Writing in-depth about the films on this AFI list, I’ve been avoiding one type. It’s not that I don’t like them, although I’ll admit it’s…

Feb 25, 2022

AFI film school #32: The Gold Rush — Words about no words — Cideshow

Feb 25, 2022

Chris Blair

AFI film school #31: Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Satire — Cideshow

Four years before he made what’s commonly regarded as the best science fiction movie of all time and sixteen years before he made what’s…

Feb 16, 2022

AFI film school #31: Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Satire — Cideshow

Feb 16, 2022

Chris Blair

Chris Blair

Founder of Cideshow, a new platform that produces & streams original web TV series. Get early access: https://www.cideshow.com/hype

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