@pakinamamer.bsky.social
Emmy-winning journalist. Aspiring screenwriter & filmmaker. Immersive storyteller @ MIT Virtuality. Former KSJ fellow. Board @ Imagine Science Films. Words & podcasts: SciAm, Nature, Science, The Boston Globe & others.
Too early to be whining about it (S3 will premiere 2027), but I can't wait for the next season of Severance! come on already.
Bill Hader is incredible!!!
Binged four seasons of Barry over the weekend, and oh my, what a show! an instant favorite and some of the best television I've seen in the past decade. I can't get it off my mind. A masterclass in writing. Cinematography and directing in S4 was next level. I wish I watched it sooner.
“It is a serious thing
Just to be alive
On this fresh morning
In the broken world.”
- Mary Oliver, Invitation
“In my experience, every kind of writing requires some kind of self-soothing Jedi mind trick, and, when it comes to essay composition, this rectangle is mine.” Zadie Smith shares the blueprint she uses to write impersonal essays. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/wen976
Thank you! I’m already on it :)
So have people agreed on an alternative to #coverfly? #scriptsky
#BookSky
It’s horrifying indeed
Same-sex relationships have existed since time immemorial. What’s newly visible is the notion that engaging in them might be an exclusive preference and defining quality.
In a pop interview with Nicholas Hoult for Letterboxd, he mentioned how brilliant the storyboarding was for No Country for Old Men & how it was great to see how the Coens prepared.
Anyone has the storyboards for the film and can share them? I’m so curious! #filmsky #writing #directing
The speech is too fast for my brain to process. Can you ask your readers to please slow a down a little? It’s hard to keep up. Let the text breathe, please.
Do you have any discount codes going for this one?
What a dream! Congrats
I’m always amazed at how similar Pakistanis and Egyptians are — down to the humor, even. Two sprouts from the same seed.
Of course! And thanks for the follow back.
In this week’s Directed By Women Viewing Guide: two new docs, a queer dramedy, a coming-of-(old)-age drama, one of Netflix’s best films on the big screen, a screening series at MoMA, Il Cinema Ritrovato, a doc on PBS, a pair of teen sex comedies, and a Palestinian short film.
One of the unrivaled masterpieces of non-linear storytelling — the visuals (all practical, no CGI) still stunning two decades later.
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.
“lmao" said Gandalf, “well it has.”
*chef’s kiss*
should follow more music journalists here
How To Be a Writer, #111:
Open laptop
Look into the void
Scream into the void
Consider that maybe the void also sometimes feels this way about you
Ask the void if it takes milk
Choose a nice mug for the void
And maybe a chocolate biscuit
Lose yourself in the void
Tea
#filmsky #skycinema #writers #writesky #writersky #blueskyfilm #film #cinema
not transcript. The shooting script if possible.
Anyone have the screenplay for Shoplifters (Hirokazu Koreeda) translated into English, or even in Japanese? I can try and get it translated. For educational purposes.
