The Power of Your Story in ‘Blue Moon’

“Relevance and love don’t slam a door in your face. They just stop thinking about you.” This quiet devastation powers Richard Linklater’s exquisite Blue Moon, the writer’s lament complementing his upcoming Nouvelle Vague‘s director’s dream. Where one film celebrates Godard’s cinematic revolution through Breathless, this captures Lorenz Hart’s final night — once Broadway’s wittiest lyricist, now the drunk…

The Substance of Leadership: How to Create (or Destroy) Your Own Legend

The Substance (2024) is a visceral, provocative tale that slices into the modern obsession with youth, perfection, and reinvention. Elisabeth Sparkle, a fading Hollywood icon, is discarded by the industry that once adored her. In her desperation, she turns to a black-market serum—The Substance—promising a younger, more beautiful, and more perfect version of herself. What unfolds…