Why We Go To The Movies

Movie recommendations, reviews, discussion, and more from the Affleck and Damon of Substack. How do ya like them apples?

Weekly film recommendations, thematic lists and simple ways to understand how films work.

I watch movies then try to write something about them afterwards. Maybe it'll be good, maybe not, but I try to be entertaining at the very least.

Every Friday. One essay and one video about one good movie. Written by Shea Serrano, author of five New York Times bestsellers.

Reviews of movies and (the first two episodes of) series

The Video File is a curated journey, one title at a time, through a huge movie collection that took decades to amass on media formats including Blu-ray, 4K, DVD, Laserdisc, and possibly others. (Streaming gets some viewing time as well.)

I explore how stories become worlds and brands become universes - where media, IP, and storytelling collide for creators, marketers, and legacy-driven world-builders.