# vhopeful conversation (podcasts) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover vhopeful conversation. Page: Feed: --- ## [Filipiñana: “It’s just such an important part of why I wanted to make this film: to make the violence of the Global South relatable to Western audiences as well.”](https://vanessahope.substack.com/p/filipinana-its-just-such-an-important) _2026-08-27 · Vanessa Hope · Dream of a Better World_ a vHopeful Conversation with writer, director, editor Rafael Manuel about his debut feature in theaters now [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212587466/2d072cbe8a76fc907a84bd61049bd1bb.mp3) ## [Part One: Who Will Be Responsible for "Independent Cinema"?](https://www.hopeforfilm.com/p/who-will-be-responsible-for-independent) _2026-08-26 · Ted Hope · Hope For Film_ What America’s Film Institutions Say Their Job Is ## [And here is the recorded version of “Cartographer’s Log Live #1: Who Wants to Buy Letterboxd?” with Evan Shapiro, Elizabeth Joyce, Lauren Zeinfeld, and me (Ted Hope)](https://www.hopeforfilm.com/p/cartographers-log-live-who-wants) _2026-08-25 · Ted Hope · Hope For Film_ A recording from Evan Shapiro's new Substack live video [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212588998/d0b7f982f5c2f8b2dfd25a956aac084b.mp3) ## [The Decisions That Made 'The Shawshank Redemption' a Perfect Adaptation](https://www.hopeforfilm.com/p/the-decisions-that-made-the-shawshank) _2026-08-25 · Cole Haddon · Hope For Film_ Another HFF SHARE for our financial supporters ## [I am live now on the 1st ever Cartographer’s Log Live](https://www.hopeforfilm.com/p/i-am-live-now-on-the-1st-ever-cartographers) _2026-08-24 · Ted Hope · Hope For Film_ Join me now with Evan Shapiro, Lauren Zeinfeld, and Elizabeth Joyce for a discussion on the Letterboxd sale ## [America's tax policy once CREATED movie investors, but now...](https://www.hopeforfilm.com/p/americas-tax-policy-once-created) _2026-08-24 · Ted Hope · Hope For Film_ The Film Financing Tools We Threw Away ## [Paramount is getting desperate and doing the crazy stuff people do when they know it is a lost cause... and it is making others crazy too!](https://www.hopeforfilm.com/p/paramount-is-getting-desperate-and) _2026-08-23 · Ted Hope · Hope For Film_ The “Block The Illegal Merger” Weekly Update Is Back! ## [We may be clinging to the wall now, but... we are going over, under, around, and through! And you can too!!](https://www.hopeforfilm.com/p/we-may-be-clinging-to-the-wall-now) _2026-08-22 · Ted Hope · Hope For Film_ Another NonStack Bunch ‘o Stuff to enjoy and ponder ## [Too Big to Fail? The Paramount version](https://www.hopeforfilm.com/p/too-big-to-fail-the-paramount-version) _2026-08-22 · Deirdre Haj · Hope For Film_ or, the wealth gap in the United States as illustrated by Paramount vs. Main Street Cinemas ## [Nine Things Independent Filmmakers Can Learn From Independent Video Game Developers](https://www.hopeforfilm.com/p/nine-things-independent-filmmakers) _2026-08-21 · D.L. Holmes · Hope For Film_ And how to use these lessons when making your next film (A HFF Takeover) ## [Collect Open Source Legends (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/E5yC3Gw1OE67) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Open-licensed art, limited foil trading packs, and optional on-chain mints. ## [MOVIES THAT HAVE EXCITED US IN 2026 with Shea Serrano](https://www.hopeforfilm.com/p/movies-that-have-excited-us-in-2026) _2026-08-20 · Ted Hope · Hope For Film_ A recording from Ted Hope and Shea Serrano's live video [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211925540/2578e8f85b65cd7fb5ff0a9bae5a092d.mp3) ## [Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing: “It was really his story, and then all these other whistleblowers—some of whom had never spoken publicly...—who were coming forward to me saying, ‘Please make this.’”](https://www.hopeforfilm.com/p/freefall-a-reckoning-for-boeing-it) _2026-08-20 · Vanessa Hope · Hope For Film_ a vHopeful Conversation with Rory Kennedy about her urgent, powerful, must see new documentary, in its last day at the IFC Center in NY, and released globally on Netflix since yesterday August 19 ## [Should We Use It? Unpacking Shamel Studio's Budgeting & Scheduling Software](https://www.hopeforfilm.com/p/should-we-use-it-unpacking-shamel) _2026-08-19 · Donny Broussard · Hope For Film_ A new column exploring new tools & software for the FilmStack Community ## [Sidney Lumet in the ‘80s](https://www.hopeforfilm.com/p/sidney-lumet-in-the-80s) _2026-08-18 · Ted Hope · Hope For Film_ An excerpt from the book CINEMATIC IMMUNITY by Michael Lee Nirenberg ## [What's needed most right now?](https://www.hopeforfilm.com/p/whats-needed-most-right-now) _2026-08-17 · Ted Hope · Hope For Film_ When it comes to improving the state of cinema in America & the World, where do we start? ## [Ground Control to Major Tom: David Bowie, Luca Guadagnino, Bernardo Bertolucci. Is “Space Oddity” really about space—or about love?](https://vanessahope.substack.com/p/ground-control-to-major-tom-david) _2026-08-15 · Vanessa Hope · Dream of a Better World_ A song that we cannot get out of our heads reimagined. Turn up the volume and feel it. Sometimes we listen better in a language we don't yet understand. ## [Imaginary Movies](https://www.hopeforfilm.com/p/imaginary-movies) _2026-08-15 · Ted Hope · Hope For Film_ What's playing today in the liminal zone? ## [I Want To Live!: Three Minutes of Your Time to Watch & Consider One of the Best Anti-Death Penalty Films Ever Made](https://www.hopeforfilm.com/p/i-want-to-live-three-minutes-of-your) _2026-08-14 · Vanessa Hope · Hope For Film_ a vHopeful Conversation with my grandfather, Walter Wanger who died before I was born, but whose legacy lives on in ways I'm still exploring ## [Build Composition Superpowers (5 Techniques)](https://www.hopeforfilm.com/p/build-composition-superpowers-5-techniques) _2026-08-14 · Alan McIntyre · Hope For Film_ The Fifty ‘F’s’ of Filmmaking: FRAMING part 2 ## [A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies: "And there it was in a nutshell: the rapture of seeing a thing and the horror of seeing it at the same time..."](https://www.hopeforfilm.com/p/a-sudden-flicker-of-light-a-revisionist) _2026-08-13 · Vanessa Hope · Hope For Film_ a vHopeful Conversation with one of cinema's wisest, most penetrating observers, David Thomson ## [Marketplace for AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/kettGKn42W1C) _2026-08-13 · **Sponsored**_ Find professionals who use ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude to deliver work faster. ## [Who are all the active International Film Sales Agents?](https://www.hopeforfilm.com/p/who-are-all-the-active-international) _2026-08-12 · Ted Hope · Hope For Film_ Can I share with you a list of the 160+ I know of (and still seem to be in "business")? ## [I Have Some Exercises I Think You Should Try](https://www.hopeforfilm.com/p/i-have-some-exercises-i-think-you) _2026-08-11 · Ted Hope · Hope For Film_ Feel free to call this another HopeForFilm Masterclass ## [Halt This Proposed Illegal Merger Right Now Please](https://www.hopeforfilm.com/p/block-this-illegal-merger) _2026-08-10 · Ted Hope · Hope For Film_ A special 2nd edition post today, featuring HFF's single-threaded round up of the latest on this particular front is back. ## [Man on the Run: "With somebody like Paul McCartney, he is the music—the words, the melodies, they’re all reflective of who he is and what he’s going through."](https://vanessahope.substack.com/p/man-on-the-run-with-somebody-like) _2026-08-06 · Vanessa Hope · Dream of a Better World_ a vHopeful Conversation with Oscar‑, Grammy‑, and Emmy‑winning filmmaker Morgan Neville [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210137339/c74c16657a012e0ec48f54b10468cedb.mp3) ## [American Doctor: "It’s really in the United States that I learned how to dissent & how to fight for what really matters...and the only way I know how to fight is as a filmmaker.”](https://vanessahope.substack.com/p/american-doctor-its-really-in-the) _2026-08-06 · Vanessa Hope · Dream of a Better World_ a vHopeful Conversation with director, producer Poh Si Teng [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210004059/5c42df0377a6d1be4d338057f66b9328.mp3) ## [This Wednesday, August 5 at 6am PDT through August 6th at 6am on "Summer under the Stars: Host Picks," the Czar of Noir, Eddie Muller, programs 14 of my grandmother Joan Bennett's films on TCM](https://vanessahope.substack.com/p/this-wednesday-august-5-at-6am-pdt) _2026-08-04 · Vanessa Hope · Dream of a Better World_ Plus, Victor Navasky's Naming Names, I Want to Live!, The Red Scare 6.0,, China, How Ted Met Vanessa, Fall of Freedom and a Must Listen Podcast episode on The Odyssey! ## [Queen of Chess: "It’s extremely satisfying to watch, because it’s this unstoppable champion who is so driven, has such guts, and also has a sense of humor and a warmth about her..."](https://vanessahope.substack.com/p/queen-of-chess-its-extremely-satisfying) _2026-07-30 · Vanessa Hope · Dream of a Better World_ a vHopeful Conversation with Academy award-nominated director Rory Kennedy [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209063464/15d9f0d6ed4414d3e23736987d9bc6d8.mp3) ## [Join NYWIFT, Join Fall of Freedom, Join Flaco’s Flight Tonight & See WILD INSIDE in Central Park! R.I.P Nicholas Platt, President of the Asia Society, father of actor Oliver Platt, & friend](https://vanessahope.substack.com/p/join-nywift-join-fall-of-freedom) _2026-07-29 · Vanessa Hope · Dream of a Better World_ On saying Yes to communities and remembering those I loved ## [In which Emily Wilson’s LRB review of Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey is read so widely and understood so clearly it shifts culture—Greek gods, American studio gods, money gods willing](https://vanessahope.substack.com/p/in-which-emily-wilsons-lrb-review) _2026-07-28 · Vanessa Hope · Dream of a Better World_ Ted and I saw it on opening weekend because we love event films and want to support theatrical screenings, but within the first ten minutes we both knew we were in for a three‑hour slog.