Film Criticism · Academic Papers · Product · Semi-Truths & Stories
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Argument.
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Anthology/Matt is the writing of Matt Shadbolt — film criticism, product thinking, academic papers, and stories that may or may not be true. Everything written from a position.
Film Criticism
We Live In Time's Silent Grief of Being Forgotten
A film about love and time that holds its grief quietly, without ever quite letting it go.
Film Criticism
Hear Me Out: Why Pulp Fiction Is A Great Christmas Movie
The case is stronger than you think. And not because of the gimp.
Sport
After 40 Years, Why I'm Finally Walking Away from the Cleveland Browns
Forty years of heartbreak, hope, and the peculiar loyalty that makes a sports fan.
Product
It's You I Like: Why Mr. Rogers Would Have Been A Great Product Manager
Kindness as methodology. Attention as practice. Radical presence as product strategy.
Semi-Truths
How to Disappear (Just a Little): Quiet Presence in a World Built for Performance
On being genuinely present in spaces engineered to make you perform instead.
Stories
The Thing Richard Told Me
A story about what gets passed down, and what we only understand too late.