Denis Villeneuve

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Notes From The Engine Room 34

Ahead of the festive purchasing season and, more importantly, the imminent awards season, there is a lot of music and movie news about. Releases abound, and with each release there's a marketing machine, feeding the engine of Hot Takes that truly drive the opinion economy.
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Notes From The Engine Room 30

While I've been doing very little writing in my time away, I have been taking a lot of photos. I don't know whether it's being away from familiar sights, the quality of the light, or the sub-culturally textured nature of Margate, but I've been inspired to take a lot more photos than usual.
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Notes from the Engine Room 18

Meta Letta My favourite bit of feedback I ever received with regards to this newsletter was: “The meta bit, it’s

Arrival Whiteboard Human Amy Adams
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Story of a Script: Arrival

Story of Your Life is a science fiction novella by American writer Ted Chiang, first published in Starlight 2 in

The Shape Of Water
Legacy

Most Anticipated Movies of 2018

I covered it briefly in my review of 2017 movies, but I do keep getting asked what movies I’m looking