# filmstack (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover filmstack. Page: Feed: --- ## [New Business Models for Cinemakers & Film Companies](https://filmstackdeepdive.substack.com/p/new-biz-models-for-cinemakers-and) _2026-08-13 · Ted Hope · FilmStack Deep Dive_ Let's chart a path out of this dumpster fire. Don't take the same path THEY did. ## [Shroomery Screening Announcements](https://polarisdib.substack.com/p/shroomery-screening-announcements) _2026-08-07 · Dane Benko · Indulging a Second Look_ My creepy mycelium extends across the US this weekend and beyond ## [On Lookbooks, Pitchdecks, Moodboards, and Image Decks](https://filmstackdeepdive.substack.com/p/on-lookbooks-pitchdecks-moodboards) _2026-07-30 · Ted Hope · FilmStack Deep Dive_ Every great film begins by helping someone imagine it. ## [12 Movies that Taught Me the Structure of Cinema](https://polarisdib.substack.com/p/12-movies-that-taught-me-the-structure) _2026-07-28 · Dane Benko · Indulging a Second Look_ Many of which you can watch on YouTube! ## [Letterboxd 101 and Why We Must Save It](https://filmstackdeepdive.substack.com/p/letterboxd) _2026-07-16 · Ted Hope · FilmStack Deep Dive_ No one will ever be able to build a cinema-loving community as large as this ever again, so... what's next? ## [On Micro-Budget Films and How to Make Them](https://filmstackdeepdive.substack.com/p/on-making-micro-budgeted-films) _2026-07-02 · Ted Hope · FilmStack Deep Dive_ A treasure trove of advice from the filmmakers who have been there and done that. ## [Ars cinematica](https://polarisdib.substack.com/p/ars-cinematica) _2026-06-29 · Dane Benko · Indulging a Second Look_ Turning a post into a poem ## [David Lynch](https://filmstackdeepdive.substack.com/p/david-lynch) _2026-06-19 · Ted Hope · FilmStack Deep Dive_ The commercials, music videos, advice, shorts, books, art work, and fashion designs. ## [In the Bowels of the Building](https://polarisdib.substack.com/p/in-the-bowels-of-the-building) _2026-06-01 · Dane Benko · Indulging a Second Look_ My horror short film from 2021 ## [Artificial Intelligence & Film](https://filmstackdeepdive.substack.com/p/artificial-intelligence-ai-using) _2026-05-28 · Ted Hope · FilmStack Deep Dive_ What kind of romance will AI have with the cinema industries? ## [Prime Noise-Cancelling Picks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/BPpBL7yf45s7) _2026-05-28 · **Sponsored**_ Browse Prime-eligible, 4-star-and-up noise-cancelling earbuds with fast shipping and deals ## [How To: Take the Good and Elevate It to the Great](https://filmstackdeepdive.substack.com/p/good-isnt-enough-lifting-good-into) _2026-05-14 · Amanda Sweikow · FilmStack Deep Dive_ Because “good enough” never made a masterpiece... ## [Notes on Slow Learner](https://polarisdib.substack.com/p/notes-on-slow-learner) _2026-05-02 · Dane Benko · Indulging a Second Look_ 9 years ago or so I decided to start rereading a Pynchon book once per year. ## [Notes on Henry Miller](https://polarisdib.substack.com/p/notes-on-henry-miller) _2026-04-29 · Dane Benko · Indulging a Second Look_ I bought Tropic of Capricorn in an airport bookstore because I had drastically underestimated how much reading material to bring for my two-legged journey. ## [The Adventures of BrundleFly & Spawn Sam: Filth Detectives](https://polarisdib.substack.com/p/the-adventures-of-brundlefly-and) _2026-04-27 · Dane Benko · Indulging a Second Look_ An Old Toy Photography Comic ## [What to Watch and Why](https://filmstackdeepdive.substack.com/p/what-to-watch-and-why-vol-1) _2026-03-19 · Ted Hope · FilmStack Deep Dive_ A small collection of great lists... of movies! ## [Filmmaking Tools](https://filmstackdeepdive.substack.com/p/deep-dive-filmmaking-tools) _2026-03-19 · David Thomson · FilmStack Deep Dive_ Tools you can use! ## [What Professional Video Editors Grouse About](https://polarisdib.substack.com/p/what-professional-video-editors-grouse) _2026-03-07 · Dane Benko · Indulging a Second Look_ And Why It's Fun, Actually ## [NonDē Thoughts, Vol. 1 of 99](https://filmstackdeepdive.substack.com/p/thoughts-on-nonde-vol-2-of-99) _2026-03-05 · Ted Hope · FilmStack Deep Dive_ The Power of Now: Building in a Time of Destruction ## [Remembering Tideland](https://polarisdib.substack.com/p/remembering-tideland) _2026-02-22 · Dane Benko · Indulging a Second Look_ FilmStack Challenge #11: February 2026 ## [Code Faster with Clear Tutorials (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/srOvOazGNJv1) _2026-02-22 · **Sponsored**_ Short, step-by-step coding videos you can follow along ## [Five Responses to Books I Read Recently](https://polarisdib.substack.com/p/five-responses-to-books-i-read-recently) _2026-02-03 · Dane Benko · Indulging a Second Look_ Musing Outloud My Wandering Thoughts