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“Lessons from the Screenplay” creator Michael Tucker and the LFTS team do deeper dives into the storytelling of individual movies and chat with the creatives behind those films.
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Psyop Cinema is a podcast about the film industry and its intimate connections to mass manipulation, conspiracy, and the occult. Hosts Thomas Millary and Brett Carollo explore film from a deep politics perspective, demonstrating how the artistry of cinema combines with psychological and technological knowledge to engineer culture in subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) ways— making each of us the subject of the greatest mind control experiment in history.
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Academy Award nominees Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum) reteam in this action-packed thriller. Damon stars as Roy Miller, a rogue U.S. Army officer who must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil before war escalates in an unstable region. Also starring Academy Award nominees Greg Kinnear and Amy Ryan, Green Zone is "one hell of a thriller" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times).
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Join actor Julia Stiles as she discusses her new film, "It’s a Disaster." The dark comedy begins with eight friends at their monthly couples brunch, but what starts as an impromptu airing of domestic grievances takes a sudden, catastrophic turn when the city falls victim to a mysterious attack. Trapped in the house and unsure of their fates, these seemingly normal people become increasingly unhinged—with hilarious, surprising, and revealing results.
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Episode 181: A Quiet Place: Day One
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The BTS team discusses the character design of Sam and Eric, the film's place as a prequel, and why a director's cut could help fill out the characters and story world.🎬 Join our community! Head to the Beyond the Screenplay Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beyondthescreenplay 👕 BEYOND THE SCREENPLAY MERCH …
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Civil War (2024) and The Second Civil War (1997), with William Ramsey and Sean McCann
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We are joined by both William Ramsey and Sean McCann for a discussion that follows up on the analysis we did with them earlier this year of Leave the World Behind. Unpacking the surprisingly dull recent Alex Garland film Civil War, we also spend time talking about the much more lively film The Second Civil War, a 1997 made for TV movie directed by …
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Episode 180: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
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The BTS team discusses the film's episodic structure, the design and goals of the three central characters, and the gloriously insane action sequences of a modern Mad Max installment. 🎬 Join our community! Head to the Beyond the Screenplay Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beyondthescreenplay 👕 BEYOND THE SCREENPLAY ME…
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In this preview of our patron-exclusive episode on Inside Out 2, the BTS team shares their initial reactions to the film. Listen to the full episode over on the Beyond the Screenplay Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beyondthescreenplay Find us on Twitter Beyond the Screenplay: https://twitter.com/BTScreen…
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True Detective Season 1, with Steven DeLay
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Thomas and Steven discuss the first season of True Detective, analyzing its iconic depiction of occult conspiracy. They talk about the series' treatment of religion and philosophical pessimism, its approach to masculinity, and the thematic ambiguities of the show's conclusion. While expressing appreciation that this masterpiece of television includ…
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We're launching our summer season, "Sequel Summer" with a new episode releasing every Friday! We'll be focusing on sequels (and a couple prequels) hitting theaters this summer and examining what audiences look for in films continuing an existing franchise. June 28th: Patreon-Exclusive — Inside Out 2 July 5th: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga July 12th: A Qu…
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In this preview of our patron-exclusive episode on GoldenEye, the BTS team shares their initial reactions to the film. Listen to the full episode over on the Beyond the Screenplay Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beyondthescreenplay Find us on Twitter Beyond the Screenplay: https://twitter.com/BTScreenplay…
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The BTS team discusses how the final installment in the Bourne trilogy continues the fun spy games of the first two films, how the chronology of the plot intertwines with the previous film, and how it brings Bourne's story to a satisfying conclusion. 🎬 Join our community! Head to the Beyond the Screenplay Patreon: https://www.…
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Knight of Cups, with Steven DeLay (Malick 7)
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Continuing their examination of the Weightless trilogy, Thomas and Steven explore Knight of Cups, Malick's 2015 film that dreamily depicts a screenwriter's search for meaning, as he wanders through the maze of Hollywood life. Analyzing the film's gnostic and tarot reference points, they again seek to discern whether Malick is subverting standard Ho…
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The BTS team discusses how Paul Greengrass continued what Doug Liman started, the theme of acceptance, and why the character of Pamela Landy was such a win for the franchise. 🎬 Join our community! Head to the Beyond the Screenplay Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beyondthescreenplay 👕 BEYOND THE SCREENPLAY MERCH …
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The Fury, Scanners, and Firestarter (on Jay's Analysis)
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We joined our friend Jay Dyer on his show for a discussion about three films that deal with trauma-based mind control designed to cultivate psychical powers, particularly in children. Breaking down De Palma's The Fury, Cronenberg's Scanners, and Mark L. Lester's Firestarter, we talk about theta programming, the real history of government-sponsored …
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The BTS team discusses the style and tone The Bourne Identity brought to the action genre, how the plot and character motivations constantly propel the action forward, and what makes the central characters of the franchise so compelling. 🎬 Join our community! Head to the Beyond the Screenplay Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bey…
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Jasun Horsley on the Technology of Evil
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Jasun Horsley joins us for a conversation about his book Big Mother: The Technological Body of Evil, which analyzes the Satanic techniques that converge upon the human body in the modern world. Topics of discussion include how the Wachowskis' red pill turned blue, the significance of the COVID-19 pandemic, how the occult divine child relates to Big…
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We're launching our spring mini-season, "Spy Spring" with a new episode releasing every Friday! We're focusing on the Bourne trilogy, but we couldn't resist stirring GoldenEye into the mix as well. May 17th: The Bourne Identity May 24th: The Bourne Supremacy May 31st: The Bourne Ultimatum June 7th: Patreon-Exclusive — GoldenEye 🎬 Join our community…
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In this preview of our patron-exclusive episode on The Talented Mr. Ripley, the BTS team shares their initial reactions to the film. Listen to the full episode over on the Beyond the Screenplay Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beyondthescreenplay Find us on Twitter Beyond the Screenplay: https://twitter.com/BTS…
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To the Wonder, with Steven DeLay (Malick 6)
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Thomas and Steven continue the Terrence Malick series, introducing a discussion of the Weightless Trilogy, which begins with To the Wonder (2012) and constitutes some of the most fully realized Christian cinema ever produced. We talk about Malick's Kierkegaardian inspiration and analyze the film's depiction of romance, family, and the search for Go…
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As a sequel to our Taxi Driver episode, we analyze Paul Schrader's 2017 film First Reformed, an explicit work of religious engineering. We examine how the movie's sophisticated propaganda depicts the dying remnants of American Protestantism being absorbed into the globalist religion of the future, complete with worship of the earth mother goddess. …
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The BTS team discusses how Christopher Nolan brings his unique filmmaking style to the biopic genre, when structural complexity can help or hinder a story, and why a strong theme is necessary to hold it all together. Tricia's coverage services: https://www.triciaaurand.com 🎬 Join our community! Head to the Beyond the Scree…
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In this preview of our patron-exclusive episode on Fargo, the BTS team shares their initial reactions to the film. Listen to the full episode over on the Beyond the Screenplay Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beyondthescreenplay Find us on Twitter Beyond the Screenplay: https://twitter.com/BTScreenplay Michael Tu…
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A return to our series on Christopher Nolan, discussing how Oppenheimer makes explicit the globalist politics implied by the sci-fi transhumanism of some of his previous films. We analyze how the movie treats standard Nolan themes, such as the master manipulator and the death of the soul (often symbolized by the death of women). Oppenheimer's depic…
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The BTS team discusses the spectacle of a Denis Villeneuve cinematic experience, the film's structural choices, and what we might see from the future of the franchise. 🚀 Sign up for MUBI today using https://mubi.com/beyondthescreenplay to get 30 days of great cinema for free. 🎬 Join our community! Head to the Beyond the Screenplay Pa…
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In a discussion that much of our longrunning Joker analysis has built to, we do a deep dive into Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976). We explain the foundational place of Scorsese's film in the feedback loop between media and spectacular crime that we call the Joker Cycle. Looking at other relevant films and filmmakers, we speculate on the possibl…
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The BTS team discusses the film's strong tone, how its structure invests the audience in both sets of character relationships, and why the ending sequence hits so hard. 🎬 Join our community! Head to the Beyond the Screenplay Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beyondthescreenplay 👕 BEYOND THE SCREENPLAY MERCH htt…
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The Bourne Identity, Supremacy, and Ultimatum (on Chant It Down)
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Thomas joins Luemas on Chant It Down Radio, discussing the first three films in the Jason Bourne franchise. Starring the deeply sus Matt Damon, limited hangouts and revelation of the method abound in these movies. Discussing how Hollywood's political messaging has shifted over the last couple decades, Thomas and Luemas explain how the exceptionally…
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The BTS team discusses what makes a good performance, the different styles of acting, actor-director relationships, and what kind of performances we typically choose to award. We're thinking of doing a live episode. Let us know if you'd be able to join by filling out this one-question Google Form: https://forms.gle/ZSXUW8Tu1MGnjMRUA Or send us an e…
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The BTS team discusses the control of information, the constant raising of stakes and urgency, and question how exactly the French justice system works. 🎬 Join our community! Head to the Beyond the Screenplay Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beyondthescreenplay 👕 BEYOND THE SCREENPLAY MERCH https://lessons-from-t…
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The BTS team discusses all things Bella—from her character journey, her evolution, and of course her masterful portrayal by Emma Stone—as well as the film’s use of allegory and the surprise fourth act.🚀 Sign up for MUBI today using https://mubi.com/beyondthescreenplay to get 30 days of great cinema for free.🎬 Join our community! Head to…
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Episode 171: Our Favorite Films of the '70s
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The BTS team counts down our favorite films of the 1970s, discusses how the decade forever changed the cinematic landscape, and perhaps mentions something about sharks and laser swords along the way...🎬 Join our community! Head to the Beyond the Screenplay Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beyondthescreenplay 👕 BEYOND THE SCREENPLAY M…
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Leave the World Behind (on William Ramsey Investigates)
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We and Sean McCann joined William Ramsey for a discussion about the recent Obama-produced apocalyptic thriller Leave the World Behind. Directed by Sam Esmail, the movie is filled to the brim with globalist propaganda concerning social collapse, 'disinformation,' and the need to trust the technocratic elite at all costs. It also includes the usual s…
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In this preview of our patron-exclusive episode on Chinatown, the BTS team shares their initial reactions to the film. Listen to the full episode over on the Beyond the Screenplay Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beyondthescreenplay Find us on Twitter Beyond the Screenplay: https://twitter.com/BTScreenplay Michael Tu…
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We're launching our winter season, "Best Picture Winter" with a new episode releasing every Friday!We're going to examine some awards season movies, dive into the craft of acting, and maybe discuss the whole awards *thing* along the way.January 26th: Patreon-Exclusive — Chinatown February 2nd: Our Favorite Films of the 1970's February 9th: Poor Thi…
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What We’re Watching: True Detective: Night Country (Episode 1)
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The BTS team launches their "What We're Watching" series on True Detective: Night Country! For future episodes, head to the Beyond the Screenplay Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beyondthescreenplay 👕 BEYOND THE SCREENPLAY MERCH https://lessons-from-the-screenplay.creator-spring.com ☕️ LFTS Merch: https://standard.tv/…
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The Tree of Life, with Steven DeLay (Malick 5)
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Thomas and Steven discuss the spiritual and social themes of The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick's 2011 coming-of-age of drama with a cosmic background. They unpack the narrative's biblical references to Genesis and Job, and Steven describes the film's resonances with Augustine, Freud, and Dostoevsky. Analyzing the film's dichotomy between a motherly…
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Continuing the discussion that began with our analysis of Blade Runner, we look at the legacy sequel released in 2017 and directed by Denis Villeneuve. Blade Runner 2049 intensifies the psy-op of the original film, making the Monarch tropes and mind control themes far more obvious. The ever-sus Leto appears as a Elon Musk style tech-oligarch with P…
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The Albertini Tapes (on Wake the Dead)
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Brett and Steven DeLay appeared recently on Sean McCann’s Wake the Dead podcast to discuss the shockingly detailed accusations of ritual murder, blackmail, and human trafficking made by Richie Albertini, an associate of the Gambino crime family who grew up in the 80s alongside a bevy of future Hollywood A-listers. Albertini was later involved in ru…
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Mandy and Beyond the Black Rainbow, with Sean McCann
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We are joined by Sean McCann for a discussion of the films of Panos Cosmatos, analyzing Beyond the Black Rainbow's MKUltra New Age horror and Mandy's dark psychedelic Nic Cage rampage. Getting into his biting commentary on 1960s boomer spirituality and 1980s Reagan conservatism, we discern which countercultural psyops Cosmatos is rejecting and whic…
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In this preview of our patron-exclusive episode on Home Alone, the BTS team shares their initial reactions to the film. Listen to the full episode over on the Beyond the Screenplay Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beyondthescreenplay Find us on Twitter Beyond the Screenplay: https://twitter.com/BTScreenplay Michael Tu…
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We talk about Blade Runner, getting into its attack upon the boundaries of the human and its prevalent Illuminati symbolism. Differentiating Philip K. Dick's ill-fated Gnostic impulses from Ridley Scott's overt promotion of the superclass worldview, we contrast the source material and the film, also noting key distinctions between the several cuts …
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The BTS team discusses epic battle sequences, character motivations, accents, and whether or not the imminent director's cut can help tie up some loose narrative and thematic threads. 🚀 Sign up for MUBI today using https://mubi.com/beyondthescreenplay to get 30 days of great cinema for free. 🎬 Join our community! Head to the Beyond the Scr…
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The New World, with Steven DeLay (Malick 4)
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Our Terrence Malick series continues with The New World, Malick's depiction of the Pocahontas story. Thomas and Steven analyze the film's treatment of religion, romance, and civilization, while continuing to consider the extent to which Malick's mystical themes are Christian. They discuss philosophical questions raised by the film regarding religio…
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In this preview of our patron-exclusive episode on Prometheus, the BTS team shares their initial reactions to the film. Listen to the full episode over on the Beyond the Screenplay Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beyondthescreenplay Find us on Twitter Beyond the Screenplay: https://twitter.com/michaeltuckerla Tricia Aurand: …
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The BTS team discusses Fincher's signature look and feel, attempts to unravel the film's themes, and examines the value of the pursuit of perfection. 🚀 Sign up for MUBI today using https://mubi.com/beyondthescreenplay to get 30 days of great cinema for free. AUTEUR AUTUMN release schedule: https://www.patreon.com/posts/announcing-our-90…
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The BTS team discusses Sofia Coppola’s ability to capture a feeling, how restraint can make small moments feel powerful, and what we want from movies depicting real people. 🚀 Get Nebula using this link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/beyondthescreenplay AUTEUR AUTUMN release schedule: https://www.patreon.com/posts/a…
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Return to Oz (Monarch 11 - 13, Extended Preview)
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An extended preview of the most in-depth content yet from Brett's Monarch series. In clips from three full length Patreon-only episodes, Brett details his research on the nightmarish 1985 children's film Return to Oz. This preview of the Monarch subseries provides information on the history of Wizard of Oz programming, the occultic career of of chi…
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The BTS team discusses Sofia Coppola's focus on character and emotion, the choice to view the Lisbon girls through the lens of other characters, and how the film lingers with you long after the credits roll. AUTEUR AUTUMN release schedule: https://www.patreon.com/posts/announcing-our-90434879 🎬 Join our community! Head to the Beyond the Screenp…
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Halloween (2018), Halloween Kills, and Halloween Ends, with Geoff Shullenberger
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Geoff Shullenberger joins us for an analysis of the recent David Gordon Green Halloween trilogy. He discuses a Girardian reading of Halloween Ends as well the "lab leak theory of Michael Myers." Is the 2018 film correctly read as based and right-wing, or is it more of the same MK-culture fetishization of trauma? Why is Halloween Kills so terrible? …
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Halloween III: Season of the Witch, with Sean McCann
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We continue through the Halloween franchise, this time joined by Sean McCann to discuss the strange cult classic Halloween III: Season of the Witch. This unique entry in the series showcases some intense revelation of the method in its combined depiction of technology, witchcraft, and corporate media. We discuss the significance of Samhain and demo…
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Patreon Preview: Killers of the Flower Moon
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In this preview of our patron-exclusive episode on Killers of the Flower Moon, the BTS team shares their initial reactions to the film. Listen to the full episode over on the Beyond the Screenplay Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beyondthescreenplay Find us on Twitter Beyond the Screenplay: https://twitter.com/michaeltuckerla T…
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John Carpenter's Halloween, with the Collins Brothers
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We are joined by Paul and Phillip Collins to discuss John Carpenter's Halloween, in the first of three episodes on the Halloween franchise. They explain the apotheosis of Michael Myers, how this archetypal slasher fits into the occult transhumanist project to transcend good and evil and remake humanity. We discuss depictions of evil within Carpente…
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The BTS team discusses the film's infamous twist, when the web of mysteries works and when it doesn't, and how Scorsese can turn a B movie into something greater than it might have been in the hands of another filmmaker. 🚀 Get Nebula using this link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/beyondthescreenplay AUTEUR AUTUMN relea…
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