Back in April, I asked Ryan Coogler about his approach to Black trauma in Sinners for the @FadetoBlackPod. His answer - which I keep returning to - really altered my thinking on the topic. It's my favourite interview moment of 2025. Full convo here: https://t.co/uF9oHyqnkg
— chadwick boseman singing tupac’s “i ain’t mad at cha” with co-star christopher jackson for the broadway musical “holler if ya hear me” directed by kenny leon, 2013. 🎶🎤💜 he was almost the lead for this, but landed the role for the james brown biopic “get on up” instead. 🥺✨
AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY - the final full film I had the honor of leading as Director of Visual Development at Marvel Studios.
This illustration commemorates that journey & reveals the characters & their looks for the first time.
#AvengersDoomsday
Just write the bad sentence.
Pixar's Andrew Stanton on why it's more important to do the work, even if it sucks, than to talk about the great work you'll make (and never do it):
"There's a term for it: whistling on the steps of Carnegie Hall. Most people spend more time telling you the symphony they're going to write than the symphony is written.
Finish the sentence. I don't care if it doesn't have an ending, or a middle. Just freaking write the sentence. It's gonna be bad. You don't get to the nice sentence until you've written the bad sentence. Writing is rewriting."
"It's chipping away at the marble. Every time you decide not to, you're not practicing. So you're just going to be that much less practiced."
My son: “How did you and Mom come up with my name?”
Me: “Well, your mother said we should name you after something we loved dearly.”
My son: “Oh that’s cool! I love you Dad.”
Me: “I love you too 2026 Cape Verde World Cup Team.”
Warning: animation wonk post ahead…
In animation, camera placement/movement and much of cinematography is traditionally handled by a department called Layout. The title comes from the old Disney days when they would lay out the 2D backgrounds and the characters/props in the transition from storyboards to final shots. But in the world of CG animation, the term is confusing. The job is analogous to a live-action camera department: you’re picking lenses, designing shots in a virtual space. Many talented young tech-savvy filmmakers or cinematographers might like the opportunity to work on the camera team of an animated film and get experience telling story with camera, but don’t even know the job exists - and the term “Layout” isn’t helping: it sounds like you’re doing spreadsheets or something, not essential creative work.
Because of this, on Spider-Verse, we have changed the name to the Camera Department. I encourage other films and studios to do the same. It’s more respectful of the talented people who do this work and lets them say to their friends that they’re part of the camera team on a movie rather than the layout team, which means nothing to an outsider.
Details revealed for Warner Bros. Animation's 'Justice League' Vol. 2 soundtrack album (music by Kristopher Carter, Lolita Ritmanis & Michael McCuistion). https://t.co/6QfplvzaC4
The first 4 episodes of X-Men '97 season 2 are brilliant! We get more of what worked the first time - awesome action, the Cyclops-Jean-Nathan dynamic, Magneto conversing with Charles - & they absolutely nail Apocalypse. Also, what they do with the intro in ep 2 is so damn cool!