Who Am I?
An aspiring writer, American-born, based in Munich, went to film school, minored in English literature, then studied American media and culture.
I’m interested in films and the film industry but also take detours into books about history or politics. I want to use this platform to develop my writing skills. I'm an independent writer with no experience working for film and media sites.
What is Stanley Nolan?
A media blog that started, in name, in 2014, and has been here on Substack since March 2021. There are several series and interests that I cover (and that you can find as sections on the main page):
The Weekly Reel is a review of films and news I've seen in the previous week, organized into recommended rankings (Watch Now, Save for Later, and Pass).
Essays on a variety of topics. For example, long reads on the state of the film union or the cinema of Afghanistan. I have many more essays prepared, but they need extensive editing.
Film festival reads, which are more like creative investigative pieces describing the experience of attending the festival, including film reviews. This section is relatively sparse, but I have plans to attend festivals in the near future.
Pre-Substack posts from my previous blogs (which are mostly just rehashed film school essays and the general musings of a twenty-year-old).
And more to come…
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