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Jul 15, 20235 min read

Hollywood Needs to Adopt a Pay-Per-Stream Back-End System

May 20, 20235 min read

I Asked ChatGPT to Review my Screenplay. Here’s What it Said…

May 16, 20234 min read

Air and the Triumph of "Gutfeel"

Mar 19, 20234 min read

The Time I Finally Saw the Star

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Five Miami Social Feeds You Should Follow Right Now

Mar 14, 20235 min read

The Five Stages of a Screenwriter’s Grief

Jul 8, 20224 min read

I Nearly Fell for this Craigslist Scam (so you don't have to)

Mar 3, 202212 min read

N.W.A. was a More Influential Band than The Beatles. Fight Me.

Feb 12, 20223 min read

The Time I Directed the Star of a Super Bowl Commercial

Oct 10, 20214 min read

COVID has Killed the Lunchtime Trade. That’s Bad for our Kids.

Sep 6, 20214 min read

There Go My Heroes...

Jul 23, 20214 min read

The Time I Taught the US Flag Bearer to Charge the Mound

Jan 28, 20213 min read

RZA’s Cut Throat City is #1 on Netflix. It Might be the Right Movie for Right Now.

Jun 25, 20204 min read

What can protesting athletes learn from the movies?

Apr 16, 20205 min read

The Most Important Camera in Viral Video History

Feb 9, 20204 min read

What if Alfred Hitchcock made Joker?

Sep 22, 20192 min read

Evander Preston: My Most Eccentric Casting

Sep 19, 20194 min read

Dave Chapelle's Perfect Political Joke

Aug 16, 20197 min read

The 1980 Miami Riots were the Blueprint for LA’s in ‘92

Aug 12, 20195 min read

The Code of a Miami High School Parking Lot

Aug 4, 20194 min read

The Roads of a '90s Miami Teen

May 20, 20195 min read

How I would have ended Game of Thrones

May 15, 20196 min read

How 1993's "Falling Down" inspired the take-no-sh** American icon

Apr 30, 20192 min read

John Singleton gave me advice that’s guided me every day

A Crack in the Room Tone

Stories for a noisy world

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