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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 7m

SCOTT DERRICKSON — writer-director of THE BLACK PHONE and BLACK PHONE 2, DOCTOR STRANGE, and SINISTER — reveals the Dario Argento film that convinced him horror can be high art...and changed his life as a result. Link to Scott’s full 5AM StoryTalk bonus episode in the first comment!

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 30m

Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty at the Academy Awards ceremony, 1962. 📸 Allan Grant.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 22h

Cinema is my religion. I worship it inside a dark, flickering temple that looks the same wherever I go in the world. It connects me to people who grew up nothing like me, revealing who we are to each other in a way no other artform can. It has made me a better human being...and a better storyteller.

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35 Essential World Cinema Classics You Can Watch Free on YouTube

A masterclass in international film curated for both cinephiles and storytellers

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 15h

"I recognize no dichotomy between art and protest.” — Ralph Ellison

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 20h

This headline from @deadline.com is gross. Disney wasn't hit with anything. The studio just fucked hundreds of its employees.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 22h

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35 Essential World Cinema Classics You Can Watch Free on YouTube

A masterclass in international film curated for both cinephiles and storytellers

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Laurence Fishburne, 2002. 📸 Sam Taylor-Johnson.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"You can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page" — Jodi Picoult

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

MURDERBOT is a TV series about a lot of things, but co-creator/showrunner PAUL WEITZ has some thoughts about why it matters to him - and so many fans. 🎧📖📺 Link to the full 5AM StoryTalk conversation with Paul in the first comment!

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I will love this original theatrical release poster for ATTACK OF THE 50 FT. WOMAN (1958) until the day I die. Art by Reynold Brown.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"The writer who refuses to explore the darker regions of the heart will never be able to write convincingly about the wonder, the magic and the joy of love for just as goodness cannot be trusted unless it has breathed the same air as evil." — Nick Cave

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A young Cameron Crowe (from his ALMOST FAMOUS days) and Neil Young. Crowe is seated in the front row; Young in the second row holding the guitar. There are members of The Eagles peppered in there, too. 📸 Joel Bernstein.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“Sometimes reality is too complex. Fiction gives it form.” — Jean-Luc Godard

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

How do you forge a successful Hollywood career when every project you direct takes kamikaze chances that could blow it up? Filmmaker PAUL WEITZ looks back at his 'distressingly diverse' career - from 'American Pie' to 'Murderbot'. 🎧📖📺 Link to the full 5AM StoryTalk chat in the first comment!

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

François Truffaut and Julie Christie during the making of FAHRENHEIT 451 (1966). 📸 Paul Schutzer.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

From the making of PLANET OF THE APES (1968): Director Franklin J. Schaffner demonstrating how his actor should handle Charlton Heston (in the muzzle). 📸 Unknown.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fredric March in full makeup as Mr. Hyde, director Rouben Mamoulian, and Miriam Hopkins having a tea break during the making of DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1931). 📸 Unknown.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The great director Michael Powell (BLACK NARCISSUS, THE RED SHOES, and more) wrote this letter to Martin Scorsese after reading the screenplay for WISE GUYS — which became GOODFELLAS (1990).

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We are in a brutal, high-stakes free-for-all for control of our identity. Filmmaker PAUL WEITZ (creator, 'Murderbot') cuts through the noise on why the stories we tell aren't just entertainment. 🎧📖📺 Link to the full 5AM StoryTalk chat in the first comment!

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

PAUL WEITZ (‘Murderbot’ co-creator/showrunner) returns to 5AM StoryTalk to break down a seminal piece of art from his life - the SCTV sketch 'THE HEFTY NEIL STORY'. This episode-long 'Rocky' parody helped defined his sense of comedy. 🎙️🎬 Link to the full 5AM StoryTalk chat in the first comment!

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Extraordinary truly, just extraordinary — independent poster for THE GRADUATE (1967). Art by Rory Kurtz.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“In the very end, civilizations perish because they listen to their politicians and not to their poets.” ― Jonas Mekas

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

'What’s precious inside of him does not care to be known by the mind in ways that diminish its presence (All American)', 2017. Painting by Amy Sherald (American).

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I just spelled Czechoslovakia correct on the first try and it'll probably be the highlight of my day.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

From the making of ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN (1976): Shooting one of the film’s many impressive tracking shots, this one through The Washington Post’s offices. 📸 Unknown.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Nichelle Nichols dancing at a party thrown by Count Basie, 1961. 📸 Ted Williams.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We live in an age of unremitting terror and the day-to-day struggle to create meaningful art during what feels like—and very likely could be—the end of the world is relentless. But it's also more necessary than ever. 🎧📖📺 Check out the latest from 5AM StoryTalk at the link in the first comment!

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“In brightest Day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil's Might, beware my power, Green Lantern’s light!”

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Stories about women’s lives are very rarely not political, which means art about women’s lives easily become social topics to be censored by Meta. How…convenient.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Christopher Reeve visited BRANDON ROUTH the morning before his big audition to play Superman...maybe. On the 20th anniversary of SUPERMAN RETURNS, Brandon describes a portentous moment that preceded his casting as the Man of Steel. Link to the full 5AM StoryTalk chat in the first comment!

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

East German original release poster for ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1968). Art by Thomas Schleusing.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Kelly Fremon Craig (writer-director, 'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret') calls it a "concerto of feelings". Let's consider a potentially game-changing way to outline and write your fiction and scripts through emotions! 🎧✍️📺 Check out the 5AM StoryTalk breakdown at the link in the first comment!

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“By the time I am nearing the end of a story, the first part will have been reread and altered and corrected at least 150 times. I am suspicious of both facility and speed. Good writing is essentially rewriting. I am positive of this.” — Roald Dahl

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Pitching film/TV projects is tough. That's why I'm sharing a simple, wildly effective hack I developed to cut prep time, connect with execs, and emotionally survive the room. I’ve sold 30+ pitches this way across Hollywood, Europe, and Australia. 🎧✍️📺 Check it out at the link in the first comment!

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Joni Mitchell performing at the Troubadour in LA, 1969. 📸 Bonnie Schiffman.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

'SCHMIGADOON!' creator @cincopaul.bsky.social discusses the anguish of Apple cancelling the series and the daring attempt to save it that everyone from Cecily Strong to Martin Short played a part in. 🎙️ Listen to 5AM StoryTalk's full conversation with Cinco at the link in the first comment!

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

'Peaches, Rouilly-le-Bas', 2002. Photograph by Ellen von Unwerth (German).

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

John Huston at Elstree Studios, 1955. 📸 Norman Parkinson.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

From the making of AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981): Special effects maestro Rick Baker touches up Griffin Dunne’s decaying ghost make-up. 📸 Unknown.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

“Stop not writing. Just do it, badly. Just write the thing you need or want to write, that you are avoiding. That avoidance is costing you greatly, isometrically, and in general well-being. So can you find one measly hour, to write, badly?” — Anne Lamott

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I can find no evidence online that this story is real and I’m not saying if it is real that I condone what this guy did…but I understand.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Geraldine Chaplin, 1966. 📸 Richard Avedon.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Just in case you’re worried your plot is too complicated, here’s Christopher Nolan’s hand-drawn plot map of all the dream levels in INCEPTION (2010)…

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

“Filmmaking is a completely imperfect art form that takes years and, over those years, the movie tells you what it is. Mistakes happen, accidents happen and true great films are the results of those mistakes and the decisions that those directors make during those moments.” — Jason Reitman

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Frank Sinatra, 1959. 📸 Bob Willoughby.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Don't know who made this. But we love you for making it ❤️

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