Rob Long

RT @Commentary: Making a big-budget movie is in many ways a very old-fashioned kind of manufacturing operation, but from Charlie Chaplin to…

RT @TheAnkler: .@rcbl proposes a new local lexicon to help capture this moment in the industry where schadenfreude is giving way to another…

"Mid-life"

The Ankler @TheAnkler

Mid-life, @rcbl has gone back to school: Princeton Theological Seminary. But he's not leaving Hollywood behind. He ponders bridging the secular and ecclesiastical divide by showing up to his next meeting in a priest’s collar to watch what happens https://t.co/ekfFcuXokX https://t.co/HELfGQuabY

RT @TheAnkler: Mid-life, @rcbl has gone back to school: Princeton Theological Seminary. But he's not leaving Hollywood behind. He ponders b…

RT @TheAnkler: Now that the James Bond franchise has been wrested away from its legendarily impossible owners, the Broccolis, @rcbl can’t h…

In defense of AI, sort of:

Commentary Magazine @Commentary

Type into the Amazon search bar these words, “Screenwriting format story structure guide,” and you’ll be treated to dozens and dozens of books, each offering a definitive set of rules for writing a “hit” screenplay. @rcbl https://t.co/vgqvLTut5m

RT @Commentary: Type into the Amazon search bar these words, “Screenwriting format story structure guide,” and you’ll be treated to dozens…

RT @TheAnkler: Turns out, the difference between producer and garbage collector? Small than you think, says @rcbl https://t.co/yTpFn3pCcp h…

RT @TheAnkler: It's easy to say you're "not like the other streamers". Until you find a modicum of success. This week, @rcbl reflects on no…

RT @TheAnkler: You know the industry’s in REALLY bad shape when rumors about having to pay for valet parking at your own agency pop up — an…

I probably could have said it in a better way:

RT @TheAnkler: Amidst the harrowing fires, @rcbl posits Hollywood could use a little escapism right now https://t.co/uQ8SDY6lY5 https://t.c…

RT @TheAnkler: The catastrophic wildfires and other biblical weather events in Los Angeles may inspire you to pack it in and leave show bus…

Give yourself -- or someone else -- a terrific read this Christmas: Sink the Rising Sun By one of the best writers around, @exjon https://t.co/wGDt1pYwJB

RT @TheAnkler: If you're just joining show business, @rcbl has some sage advice: ignore the yappers who say Hollywood was much better way b…

RT @TheAnkler: .@rcbl knows the one type of guy who is actually having fun in 2024: the know-it-all at the bar. https://t.co/GZZ8jmAcMj htt…

RT @TheAnkler: .@rcbl compares Trump to an egomaniacal director, saying that if any community is equipped to handle the new administration,…