Stories, projects, and life from Jeff Lion.
For thirty nights in 2026 I let a quarter decide what I watched, read, and left the house for. The algorithm lost on satisfaction, won on convenience, and taught me something uncomfortable about my own taste. Here's the play-by-play, plus a one-week version you can steal.
A full project log for a zero-dialogue micro-short shot on a phone in one weekend: the three-shot structure, the pocket-sized kit, the sound design that saved it, and how to screen ninety seconds for friends without renting a theater.
Everyone keeps telling me the movies are back because of the giant releases. I think the better night out is happening two doors down, in a half-full auditorium showing a mid-budget drama nobody's posting about. Here's why the small theatrical release is winning 2026, and what US audiences can do to keep it alive.
For three years my second bedroom was a storage unit with a window. One long weekend and four hundred dollars later, it's the room I actually want to be in — here's the before, the after, the three purchases that mattered, and the mistakes I'd skip if I did it again.