TERROIR: 𝙰 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚢𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚍𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚗𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕. terroirmovie.com/alter

Don’t tell me I 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 do something. Make me 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 to do it.

A reminder: Nothing is important to think about and stress about until your script is in the best possible shape. No managers, no producers, no money, no nothing.

Rock music is alive and well at Richmond’s 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠 & 𝐌𝐜𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐞. Live band, and free hotdogs. 🎸

Is it a good idea for crews to get equity in the movies they work on? Yes. Is it easier for Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to give their crew equity in their movies? Also yes. Is it realistic for everyone else? No.

TERROIR is basically SIDEWAYS x HEREDITARY, and it’s a 5x award-winner. It stars Jay Brazeau (ANTLERS, HORNS) and Lisa Chandler (LONGLEGS). Enjoy. 🍷

What’s the most pretentious film you like, and where can I watch it? 🎞️

Am I the only one who thinks “Disclosure Day” isn’t a great title? I feel like I’m about to read legal documents.

My mood is dependent on vegetables.

Obsession should be studied in Film School. I’m not joking

For June, I’m recommending movies directed by women every day, many of them foreign. Have you seen LAST SUMMER?

Day-to-day, I don’t really consider myself a movie guy. Like, sure: I used to work in Vancouver’s film industry. I went to film school, and I like watching movies. I want to write a feature, and I’m pretty sure I can. I produce horror shorts because I can. It’s just fun for me.

Original BLAIR WITCH PROJECT star Heather Donahue/Rei Hance has explained why she's not part of the reboot team. "I was offered an agreement that, for me personally, raised difficult long-term questions about rights, future technological use of identity and voice, the ability to speak freely, and compensation. Ultimately, it just wasn’t something I felt comfortable signing. "I genuinely wish everyone involved well. But preserving my autonomy mattered more to me."

Two burgers with add-ons at 𝐀&𝐖 came to $6.80 in Canada. That’s just $4.86 in USD. I think of 𝐃𝐢𝐜𝐤’𝐬 in Seattle. Even their plain hamburger can’t compete on price at $2.50 each, no condiments. 🍔

"Never write for free," is well-intended advice, but I never found it to be all that realistic. It's just not how development works, especially in lower-budget indies. You can sometimes do TONS of free work to move a project forward. But. And this is immensely important: Always retain the rights to everything you write. Make sure that when the option or shopping agreement expires, any writing that you have done in your collaboration belongs to you and only you. No one else should have a claim to anything. It is yours free and clear. This should be in writing. So instead of thinking, never write for free, think... No one should ever OWN your work without paying you for it.

Publicly horny relationships never last.

Lots of new followers all of a sudden. Who’s a filmmaker? Say hi! 👋

Watching HEAVY EYES (dir. Curry Barker, 2022). youtu.be/dkBK6uYaUJo?si=VOQh…

Anyone else remember when there were 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 movies all called ESCAPE ROOM?

I have to pack for a big trip, I know this is a flaw of mine, so I asked a friend to body double for me. She’s a safe person, and she gets it. My stress levels immediately went down. Would body doubling help you? 🧠