Dr Chris Neilan

I've long said the 2 best books on screenwriting are by Paul Gulino and Linda Aronson, so to get cover endorsements from both slightly blew my mind... BEYOND THE MONOPLOT out in Feb 2025, ask your uni library to order it (it's expensive). Affordable paperback coming 2026.

@sked21 Why no Chesnokov Joel?

Derek McInnes revealed Craig Gordon plays for his experience and Tomas Magnusson has passed a fitness test to play. Said Hearts need to play with "courage, belief and aggression". 🔗 onlrl.co/onbz8u

@_motherslug Boards of Canada

Hive Mind of Heads: I'm in desperate need of calming instrumental music. Nothing anxiety-inducing at all. I love free jazz, but I'm thinking its exact opposite right now. Send recommendations, please!

Might be the greatest first touch and finish I think I’ve ever witnessed

@HoratioClare me please

We made the Times of Israel. Writers, send me your name to sign timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry…

The wife’s left….. #Oasis25

@Cristiano I'd like to reread the chapter in which you're accused of anally raping a woman without lubricant and then pay her $375,000 to keep quiet spiegel.de/international/…

This chapter is over. The story? Still being written. Grateful to all.

I'm not deleting this account, but I'll no longer post, on account of the owner being a neo-Nazi. This is my BlueSky: chrisneilan.bsky.social

My 2nd article in the Journal of Screenwriting, this one looking at non-linear narrative structure in Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin intellectdiscover.com/content/journa…

We go through this ridiculous right-wing click bait nonsense every single natural disaster over this payment, which is the maximum allowed for immediate needs under the program, with more needing to be authorized by Congress, which Republicans are currently threatening to block.

This is an exceptionally good video essay published by Illuminace, a Czech film journal. youtu.be/s-FwBeohmfo

No filmmaker, writer or artist should ever have to tell the story of their own extermination. Yet 22 courageous Palestinian filmmakers found a way to film their story this past year in Gaza using whatever tools they could pull from the rubble of their homes and cities. The extraordinary film FROM GROUND ZERO — for which I am proud to be an Executive Producer — is the collection of these short films, told all together in under 2 hours. The fact that this film exists at all is a human and cinematic miracle. Go see FROM GROUND ZERO — in theaters now!

I still think this might be the best thing I've written

I've long said the 2 best books on screenwriting are by Paul Gulino and Linda Aronson, so to get cover endorsements from both slightly blew my mind... BEYOND THE MONOPLOT out in Feb 2025, ask your uni library to order it (it's expensive). Affordable paperback coming 2026.

Everyone! Whether friend or not, have a great Christmas and look after those around you. Ultimately all we have is each other. Big love 👍💚🕺

Immensely grateful for @davidehrlich's penetrating look at THE END, the enshittification of culture, and the urgent need to acknowledge and mourn the awful consequences of sentimental storytelling. "Otherwise, our tears are just for show."

He was there against the NF He was there against apartheid He was there against missiles He was there against war He was there for the students, the nurses and the refugees And he's standing with the Palestinians, today. Shoulder to shoulder in solidarity

Massive away win for the little fella.

Hell to the no

When the right wins, the argument from centrists is always and forever: move away from the left and closer to the right or die. How's that working out in the UK?