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Yes, I'm launching a free newsletter

Ya. Finally. If you want to sign up for the official CinemaStix newsletter, it’s once a month, straight to your email. It’ll have personal blurbs, links to my latest stuff, previews of my calendar, channel updates, and other little thoughts and tidings. Again, totally free, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

You can sign up right now. First issue will go out Saturday April 5. Link t...

Updates to my Production Schedule

Hello hello, I already shared this over on YT but wanted to reiterate here as well.

Just some small announcements (all good):

1. Like six months back or something, I reduced my output a bit. I was going through a very complex and drawn out personal transition in my life, and just needed the extra time for life-y things. But lately it’s all felt a little too few and far between, ev...

Join me on Nebula!

TL;DR I just launched on NEBULA, an ad-free, creator-built & owned streaming platform that I’ve been an admirer of for years. You can find my past and future catalogue, plus eventual exclusives and early-releases, by signing up—with an exclusive discount—at: https://go.nebula.tv/cinemastix

So yes, I know som...

Notes from the Cutting Room Floor: Wayne's World

I’m Danny Boyd, this is Wayne’s World, and these are the Notes from the Cutting Room Floor: the bits from the script that didn’t make the final cut.

// We can see the evolution of the character through these various sources of media, culminating in the 1992 movie, the most ...

Notes from the Cutting Room Floor: Hot Fuzz

I’m Danny Boyd, this is Hot Fuzz, and these are the Notes from the Cutting Room Floor: the bits from the script that didn’t make the final cut.

// Before Hot Fuzz, there were detective shows in the UK. There were gangster crime films. But there weren’t cop action films like...

Patreon Updates!

Hello everyone!

I am excited to say that I’m finally freshening up my Patreon, both to make it easier to support the channel and also to bring you better perks. To everyone who has supported me so far, thank you so much!

I’ve streamlined down to just three tiers, with new exclusive Patron perks. I’m also hoping to emphasize my love for physical media and the film industry, so ...

Notes from the Cutting Room Floor - Holy Grail Part B

I’m Danny Boyd, this is Holy Grail part B, and these are the Notes from the Cutting Room Floor: the bits from the script that didn’t make the final cut:

// The film was also largely shot a lot like TV, which is, or at least was, done to be fast and economical. A lot of wider shots with fewer inserts and closeups. A lot of long takes. Part of that was money, par...

These are the Notes from the Cutting Room Floor: Spotlight on Holy Grail

I’m Danny Boyd, this is Holy Grail, and these are the Notes from the Cutting Room Floor: the bits from the script that didn’t make the final cut:

I mean, invisible horses. It’s what instantly sets the absurdist tone of Grail from shot one, scene one, particularly for American audiences who at the time were very likely being introduced to Python, and fran...

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The many callbacks of Shaun of the Dead

A look back at the first film in the Cornetto Trilogy, Shaun of the Dead—the way Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright create humor and structure via callbacks and repeated dialogue.

“Raiders” in B&W

New video! What happens when you make Raiders of the Lost Ark black & white, and why Spielberg is an absolute genius when it comes to blocking and staging.