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AI & The Moonlight Method: A Manifesto of Creative Independence

By Christopher Moonlight | July 2026

I am done. I am completely, entirely, and blissfully done. For years, I have written columns analyzing the shifting tectonic plates of…

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I am done. I am completely, entirely, and blissfully done. For years, I have written columns analyzing the shifting tectonic plates of the...

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In the early 1990s, a sudden, violent cultural shift occurred that left an entire industry looking like fossils overnight. For a decade, mainstream rock...

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Not long ago, in another article here, I took you back to my late nights at Kinko’s in the 1990s, a time when creative outcasts used noisy, industrial...

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Right now, the film and animation industries are paralyzed by a wave of vocal “Doomers.” Walk into any production office, VFX house, or industry forum,...

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This year’s TCM Classic Film Festival brought a heavy roster of iconic classics with its theme, “The World Comes to Hollywood.” Robert Redford was...

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We are living through a massive, industry-wide case of “growing pains.” The tectonic plates of entertainment are shifting, and for the first time in a...

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Writer/director Yannis Zafeiriou makes his feature-length debut with Namas Dei: The Tucker J. James Story. Co-writer Josh Allen Goldman stars as Tucker,...

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January has gone in a flash, and so far, it’s been a new year, same old us. Most TV and movies are still either mediocre at best or performative lecture...

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The scale of the fires that have scorched Los Angeles is overwhelming. Thousands of structures have been destroyed or damaged, including sites that...

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Many hopefuls descend onto Hollywood with a dream every day. Step one of the dream is to become a working actor, earning just enough to quit the server...

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