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Scott Macaulay

@scottmacaulay.bsky.social
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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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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Wrote about some NYFF favorites, “The Scout,” and the potential of the newly proposed federal film tax incentive, which could be a game changer for independent producers.
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Picks from the 64th New York Film Festival, Part One
Plus, Thursday’s surprise national film tax incentive announcement and “The Scout”
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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Cool selection of inspirations, including a game (“Portal”), tv show (“Mr Robot”) and films, including Romanek’s “One Hour Photo” and Watkins’s “Punishment Park.” // Backrooms Director Kane Parsons Breaks Down His Inspirations
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Backrooms Director Kane Parsons Breaks Down His Inspirations
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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Why did Anthropic name its new model "Mythos"? Fascinating take by Om Malik with assists from Augustus and Nietzsche.
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The Myth, the Mythos and the Man
For a while I have been wondering why Anthropic named its most powerful AI model Mythos. A safety company. A company whose entire justification for existing is that someone needs to tell the truth …
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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
With “Chronovisor” playing today at Prismatic Ground at Anthology Film Archives, here’s my interview with the directors of this ingenious, engrossing film that’s also a productive model for ultra-low-budget production.
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"Chronovisor": A Thrilling, Bibliophilic, Doc-Adjacent Sci-Fi Mystery
Filmmakers Kevin Walker and Jack Auen on their ingeniously conceived debut feature
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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
“What’s an example of a good lookbook? It’s a question I get asked all the time by directors, so I shared some images Sean Dunn created for “The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford.” This lookbook helped a lot during financing and preproduction!
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A Lookbook's Role in the Making of a Film
On defining the tone of Sean Dunn's "The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford"
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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
News! www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
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Vanessa Kirby and Lewis Pullman Team Up for Kitty Green’s Sci-Fi Thriller ‘The Spacesuit’
International sales for 'The Spacesuit,' following an astronaut (Kirby) forced to make an impossible decision after her co-pilot compromises the mission, will launch at Cannes.
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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Happy Avril 14, all.
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Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Sirat WAS ROBBBED
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Big respect. “You lose your country with countless small acts of complicity.”
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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Remembering Tom Noonan, missed in the Academy In Memoriam tonight.
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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Hey, congrats Alexandre and Natalie for winning Best Short! My profile of the "Two People Exchanging Saliva" directors for Filmmaker's 25 New Faces last year. filmmakermagazine.com/people/alexa.... #oscars
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Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata
A profile of Alexandre Singh and Natalia Musteata (Two People Exchanging Saliva).
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georgebodie.bsky.social @georgebodie.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
RIP Habermas, whose death follows that of his beloved Public Sphere
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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Excited by today’s return of the feminist film journal @another-gaze.bsky.social with the first of its new biannual digital issues.
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Editorial
The editors reflect on the Another Gaze project on the occasion of its relaunch.
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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Really love this rich discussion of Tom and his work.
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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Extremely exciting news: We're hiring a full-time film critic to come work with me at The A.V. Club! You probably have an idea if you're qualified for this, but if there's something that's not in the job listing, I'm sure I can answer Qs www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
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The A.V. Club hiring Film Critic in Greater Chicago Area | LinkedIn
Posted 8:42:22 PM. The A.V. Club is seeking an experienced Film Critic to join our team of trenchant writers and…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 09/02/2026
Less than 6 months ago @discord.com had a data breach exposing ID’s of 70,000 + of its users but …apparently hasn’t learned anything? ID checks don’t make the internet safer, they make us all more vulnerable. www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...
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Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
If they can do this to find a dog, they can do this to find anyone. That’s terrifying.
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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Minneapolis filmmakers asking international production community to boycott Enterprise over their supplying of vehicles to ICE. Read their letter here and consider signing if you are able. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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ENTERPRISE BOYCOTT - Film Industry and Beyond
Please enter your name to pledge to boycott Enterprise and its subsidiary brands National and Alamo, and to include your name in the open letter to Enterprise below. You may sign as an individual, com...
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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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Video: New Video Analysis Reveals Flawed and Fatal Decisions in Shooting of Pretti
A frame-by-frame assessment of actions by Alex Pretti and the two officers who fired 10 times shows how lethal force came to be used against a target who didn’t pose a threat.
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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
TikTok has been under new leadership for like a day and I made a slideshow with posts from the ICE rally today and it immediately got out under review and is not being published. Incredible.
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newmethos @newmethos.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
It is genuinely incredible how quickly Ellison and co have made TikTok almost completely useless by immediately and preemptively censoring content that could be seen as critical of the regime
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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
A favorite film writer on a favorite podcast. A great listen, needless to say.
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Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Seeing Republicans shift into "the gun is the problem" when it suits their fucked up bizarro-world worldview, can we pass some kind of restrictions real quick before they shift back?
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
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...
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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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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
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.
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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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...
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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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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Leaving The Gotham today for the last time holding my final issue of Filmmaker magazine. On newsstands now/soon, it’s a banger.
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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
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...
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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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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
At Filmmaker, I just posted the Sundance 2026 lineup.
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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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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
This article of is 7 years old, but it’s an evergreen one, especially Thanksgiving week.
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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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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
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...
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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Regarding “After the Hunt,” I’m glad Arto Lindsay got paid.
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Talib Kweli @talibkweli.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
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.
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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
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.”
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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
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...
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“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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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
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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“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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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 18/08/2025
What the actual fucking fuck. www.theverge.com/news/760508/...
One of the most notable tools is the AI grader agent, which Grammarly says can provide feedback based on uploaded course details and “publicly available” information about the instructor. The bot can give tailored writing recommendations and estimate what grade the paper will receive in its current state, helping students make improvements prior to submission.
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Hend Amry @libyaliberty.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
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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Donate to We’re raising funds for 13 yr old Mustafa Abutabaq, organized by Nasren Elharezi
Hi my name is Nasren. For the past 8 months Mustafa and his mother … Nasren Elharezi needs your support for We’re raising funds for 13 yr old Mustafa Abutabaq
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James Hansen @jpjameshansen.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
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
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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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Julie Kirkwood @juliekirkwooddp.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
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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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
(Cc: @columbiauniversity.bsky.social)
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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
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...
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Robert Wilson, Provocative Playwright and Director, Is Dead at 83
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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
A smart and nuanced piece.
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Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
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!
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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
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.
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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
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...
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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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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
“… 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...
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‘Little, Big, and Far’ Review: Dwelling in the Cosmos
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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
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.
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Little, Big, and Far | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Grasshopper Film
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Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
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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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
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.
You know, this is the way. We were so taken aback I think, shamed by this act, that it happened in such a way. Like, who would have thought of that?

The world truly changed after that. I really was so swept away by Mohsin Hamid’s book, because it's very complex the territory that he goes into, but we all felt it. My son used to take my father-in-law for a walk every day at 5pm. All the doormen just loved seeing this unlikely couple everyday at 5pm. But then they stopped going out because people would point at my father-in-law. He felt like they noticed he was Muslim, noticed he was doing this. So they got scared of taking a walk at 5pm in the most elegant part of New York. This was how it was and that was the least of it. There was much, much worse. So I agree with you, and anyone who loves “The Reluctant Fundamentalist,” because it was also a very difficult film to make. And look, here’s Riz Ahmed now one of the biggest stars ever.
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