# CLOSE UPS an arts & culture newsletter Page: Feed: --- ## [We'll Never be Those Kids Again](https://introducingcr.substack.com/p/well-never-be-those-kids-again-10) _2026-08-05 · CR_ Blonde, Ten Years Later ## [3 Films for When You’re Feeling Stuck](https://introducingcr.substack.com/p/but-im-the-artist-3-films-on-the) _2026-07-24 · CR_ Close Ups Cinema Club vol. 1 ## [Do You Wanna Watch a Movie Tonight?](https://introducingcr.substack.com/p/do-you-wanna-watch-a-movie-tonight) _2026-04-14 · CR_ Welcome to the Close Ups Cinema Club ## [Scene & Heard: March 2026](https://introducingcr.substack.com/p/scene-and-heard-march-2026) _2026-04-07 · CR_ Everything that inspired me in March ## [On the Artist’s Responsibility](https://introducingcr.substack.com/p/on-how-to-live-through-the-times) _2026-03-26 · CR_ “The artist is not free to do what he wants to do; the artist is free to do what he has to do.” - James Baldwin ## [Scene & Heard vol. 3](https://introducingcr.substack.com/p/scene-and-heard-vol-3) _2026-03-08 · CR_ February in Review ## [How to Lose a Friend](https://introducingcr.substack.com/p/how-to-lose-a-friend) _2026-02-18 · CR_ How a TV show ruined my friendship ## [Scene & Heard vol. 2](https://introducingcr.substack.com/p/everything-that-inspired-me-this) _2026-02-02 · CR_ January roundup of the art that made me feel something ## [What the 20th Century Teaches Us About Big Dreams](https://introducingcr.substack.com/p/what-the-20th-century-teaches-us) _2026-01-14 · CR_ How modern cinema contextualizes the 20th century to evaluate the true cost of big dreams ## [Earn crypto for idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/pDycfeSSm7cW) _2026-01-14 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI, host Qwen/Llama/Mistral, and earn BTC, ETH, SOL, or USDC ## [Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself...](https://introducingcr.substack.com/p/allow-me-to-reintroduce-myself) _2026-01-05 · CR_ One Day You Finally Knew What You Had to Do, And Began,