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We also talk about: The debate around Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic and how much critical scores actually influence moviegoers' choices, including an audience poll revealing that 56% of viewers say critics don't influence their decisions at all The viral social media post by an art director on the film Obsession, who expressed frustration about her low pay despite the film's massive financial success, and what that reveals about systemic economic inequity in the independent film industry The rise of Neuralink and the broader philosophical conversation about AI integration into human life, including comparisons to Brave New World, social media data harvesting, and the future of human creativity and autonomy Why horror is the new comedy in 2026, and how films like Undertone, Obsession, Iron Lung, and Backrooms are proving that audience-first, word-of-mouth driven indie horror is the most viable path for independent filmmakers today The power of resilience in the creative journey, with Daril sharing personal reflections on bouncing back from failure, surrounding yourself with the right people, and the importance of not sharing your biggest ambitions with those who can't understand the artist's path People, Places, Products, and Websites Mentioned: Platforms, Tools & Services Claude / Claude Pro (Anthropic) Cowork (Claude's agentic desktop app) Collection Account Management Agreement (CAMA) Films Undertone (Kino Studios / A24) Obsession (Curry Barker) Backrooms (Kane Parsons / A24) Nuremberg (Russell Crowe) Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (Episodes IIII) Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania How to Train Your Dragon (2025) Weapons (Zach Cregger) The Drama (Zendaya / Robert Pattinson) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button People Industry & Public Figures Daril Fannin (Kino CEO) Ian Tuason (director of Undertone ) (see note) Nina Kiri (lead, Undertone ) Curry Barker ( Obsession ) Kane Parsons ( Backrooms ) Sally Choi (art director, Obsession ) Show Team (internal no public links) Books The Creative Act: A Way of Being (Rick Rubin) Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell) The Crossroads of Should and Must (Elle Luna) Companies & Organizations Artists Equity (see note) Fantasia International Film Festival We are humbled to have a community of creatives who care deeply about our work
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