Matthew Schmidt

    Film Something

    It’s easy to find an excuse to not create or be creative. With the ...

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    Creating the Cabin in the Woods

    Imagine you are making a movie and you want to use an old wooden ...

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    Will “Blade Runner 2049” Suck?

    I think Blade Runner 2049 could suck. Not because it will be a terrible ...

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    Oh, the Horror!!!!

    Once again, the month of October has arrived! For all us cinephiles that means ...

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    Mumblecore: How it affects us all

    Someone once told me that “something great starts small”.   Influenced by Dogme 95 ...

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    What Spike Jonze Gave Me

    I think it’s important and interesting to study the people we admire. It allows ...

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    A New Sort of Premiere

    I think growing up, we all had the idea that a movie premiere would ...

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    An Impossible Legacy

    I remember the first time I saw The Umbrella. I didn’t really know what ...

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    I Love Duck Soup, and You Should Too

    Citizen Kane, Vertigo, City Lights. Classics. Or are they? I think it is so ...

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    Watch Films Better

    As a filmmaker and a student of the arts, I think it is important ...

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