Danny Boyd of CinemaStix sits down with Max to explain why the algorithm isn’t that complicated, the art behind a funky title/thumbnail combo, and how to dance with the DMCA.

Show Notes Welcome

• when you realize you’ve been watching the cropped version this whole time (Batman: The Mask of Phantasm)
• yep, turns out the movie still works without all the exposition (The Bourne Identity)
• Every Frame a Painting

The Last Movie Danny Watched

• Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning | The Biggest Stunt in Cinema History
• Henry Cavill’s Mustache

Every Frame a Painting and Influence

• Return of the King and Queen
• The Second – A Short Film by Every Frame a Painting
• when the director dabbles in some color theory (Baby Driver)
• Radiolab

The CinemaStix Timeline

• From the director of CinemaStix: May Edition
• Celebrating 15 Years of Podcasting
• Penny Voxel

Building a Runway

• Nerdwriter
• Max Roberts Essays
• MFP33 - “The Knowledge of Fire” with Brian Henken
• From the director of CinemaStix: April Edition
• MFP31 - “The Release Date of this House” with Coury Carlson

Titles and Thumbnails

• when you find a way to dance in every movie you’re in (Sam Rockwell)
• CinemaStix Videos
• when the sequel surpasses the original (Spider-Man 2)

Presenting Art

• Things Become Other Things by Craig Mod
• The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition Marathon in 2012
• Marvel’s 60-hour Marathon before Endgame

DMCA Dance

• man they really didn’t want me showing you this one (Charlie Chaplin)
• Why HBO’s The Last of Us is a Failure of Adaptation by Writing on Games
• Iron Sky by Paolo Nutini
• bro, they had to know they were giving us one of the greatest characters in movie history (Aragorn)
• Nebula

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