Charles Kriel
@charleskriel.bsky.social
Film & Television Director & EP, Author, self-shooting doc maker, adviser to UK Parliament. Brought down Cambridge Analytica. I post about AI, preserving democracy, and my très cool daughter.
Alligator Auschwitz
July 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Alligator Auschwitz
New shots game: every time YouTube shows you an ad
June 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
New shots game: every time YouTube shows you an ad
This is the most important thing you’ll see today
June 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is the most important thing you’ll see today
There are a few great ways to use AI for screenplays; this isn’t one. Gemini is being used to provide screenplay coverage. ProdCos will be uploading screenplays en masse, looking for a Gemini pass before they actually read one. Good luck ever getting read again. nofilmschool.com/google-gemin...
How Are People Using Google Gemini for Screenplay Coverage?
Is it a replacement or just a supplement for actual coverage?
nofilmschool.com
June 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
There are a few great ways to use AI for screenplays; this isn’t one. Gemini is being used to provide screenplay coverage. ProdCos will be uploading screenplays en masse, looking for a Gemini pass before they actually read one. Good luck ever getting read again. nofilmschool.com/google-gemin...
This is all one needs to know - the protests are over. Anything that happens from here out will have been instigated from the top.
June 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
This is all one needs to know - the protests are over. Anything that happens from here out will have been instigated from the top.
Ignatius misses the point here. Putin said no to a ceasefire because the moment the “NATO crisis” and “US crisis” ends for Russia, Putin’s head will land at the end of a stick. wapo.st/3ZaCWmG
Opinion | An overreaching Putin refused to take yes for an answer
The Russian president has a chance to escape his Ukraine disaster. He’s blowing it.
wapo.st
May 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Ignatius misses the point here. Putin said no to a ceasefire because the moment the “NATO crisis” and “US crisis” ends for Russia, Putin’s head will land at the end of a stick. wapo.st/3ZaCWmG
You can’t ship excuses
May 27, 2025 at 7:04 AM
You can’t ship excuses
Absolutely out of nowhere, I have fallen in love with Bolis Pupul’s music and production. Spacious. Knowing. Sardonic, in a good way. It started with this mix from my Deewee bros, Soulwax. It’s the first track. Check it music.apple.com/gb/station/e...
Episode 1 Radio Station on Apple Music
Listen on Apple Music.
music.apple.com
May 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Absolutely out of nowhere, I have fallen in love with Bolis Pupul’s music and production. Spacious. Knowing. Sardonic, in a good way. It started with this mix from my Deewee bros, Soulwax. It’s the first track. Check it music.apple.com/gb/station/e...
Is it absolutely lost on the press that the two schools getting the most crap are Harvard and Columbia, Obama’s alma matres? apple.news/AJWsbdbVHSOi...
Trump's ban on Harvard foreign students may come at a hefty price to the economy — The Hill
The Trump administration’s efforts to block international students from Harvard could come at a hefty price — and not just for the university.
apple.news
May 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Is it absolutely lost on the press that the two schools getting the most crap are Harvard and Columbia, Obama’s alma matres? apple.news/AJWsbdbVHSOi...
Do London PR agencies next apple.news/ADpbtNF2-RmS...
The Wagner Group’s dealings are darker than we thought — The Telegraph
In Death is our Business, John Lechner offers a rare, vivid portrait of the mercenary group by interviewing ex-members – itself a feat
apple.news
May 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Do London PR agencies next apple.news/ADpbtNF2-RmS...
Hahahahahhahahhaha! wapo.st/4mxCyZy
Opinion | Liz Truss: Elites killed my pro-growth agenda. Trump can’t let them stop his.
The White House’s proposed tax cuts, tariffs and spending reforms are showing the West the way forward.
wapo.st
May 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Hahahahahhahahhaha! wapo.st/4mxCyZy
Discussion on AI filmmaking on France 24 right now, featuring our own @Katharina Gellein Viken www.france24.com/en/live
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May 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Discussion on AI filmmaking on France 24 right now, featuring our own @Katharina Gellein Viken www.france24.com/en/live
This is real: Amazon (or someone) has censored Robin Hood (2010). They’ve censored out the statement on standing up to tyranny.
May 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This is real: Amazon (or someone) has censored Robin Hood (2010). They’ve censored out the statement on standing up to tyranny.
You have to understand: race is the foundation of everything this guy does, and not the way you’d hope for a Kennedy, despite his protestations www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | RFK Jr.’s absurd statistic on the spike in chronic diseases in the U.S.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the percentage of Americans with chronic diseases has gone up 20 times in six decades. That makes no sense.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
You have to understand: race is the foundation of everything this guy does, and not the way you’d hope for a Kennedy, despite his protestations www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
It’s only been three months and we’ve sunk to this level of depravity gothamist.com/news/4-year-...
4-year-old migrant girl, other kids go to court in NYC with no lawyer: 'The cruelty is apparent'
The Trump administration cut funding for lawyers aiding unaccompanied minors in court.
gothamist.com
April 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It’s only been three months and we’ve sunk to this level of depravity gothamist.com/news/4-year-...
Universal childcare, universal healthcare, mandatory maternity leave and high public education standards would make a good start.
Two headlines in the New York Times today.
April 22, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Universal childcare, universal healthcare, mandatory maternity leave and high public education standards would make a good start.
This runs contrary to nearly every human principle of the EU. I understand that Europe without Hungary would put a literal hole in the southern heart of the union, but I fail to see how Hungary continues as a member of the EU or NATO under Orban (and Putin). www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Hungary poised to adopt constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ gatherings
The controversial amendment also recognises only two sexes, providing a basis for denying other gender identities
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This runs contrary to nearly every human principle of the EU. I understand that Europe without Hungary would put a literal hole in the southern heart of the union, but I fail to see how Hungary continues as a member of the EU or NATO under Orban (and Putin). www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Unpacking an old game of mine to give to my daughter this morning, I found this wonderful piece from David Medalla. I’d tucked it away years ago during a house move, and now here it is to delight us again. Old friend, I miss you.
April 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Unpacking an old game of mine to give to my daughter this morning, I found this wonderful piece from David Medalla. I’d tucked it away years ago during a house move, and now here it is to delight us again. Old friend, I miss you.
Nothing good makes it out of Wiltshire alive
March 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Nothing good makes it out of Wiltshire alive
Four and a half brutal paragraphs from @theguardian.com. Misogyny is radicalization & violence against women a form of ideologically driven terrorism a cabal of US leaders has embraced without embarrassment, when they should fear prosecution, much less their political survival. Such a brutal age.
March 31, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Four and a half brutal paragraphs from @theguardian.com. Misogyny is radicalization & violence against women a form of ideologically driven terrorism a cabal of US leaders has embraced without embarrassment, when they should fear prosecution, much less their political survival. Such a brutal age.
If you’re an “entrepreneur” (hate that word) with a startup (hate that word too) and think you can just walk up to a #nocode environment and create a product from a prompt, I have some news for you….
March 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
If you’re an “entrepreneur” (hate that word) with a startup (hate that word too) and think you can just walk up to a #nocode environment and create a product from a prompt, I have some news for you….
Good thing they didn’t discover oil, or Mars would need it some Democracy! www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Nasa rover discovers largest organic compounds yet found on Mars
Presence of long-chain alkanes in rock raises new questions about possible existence of life billions of years ago
www.theguardian.com
March 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Good thing they didn’t discover oil, or Mars would need it some Democracy! www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Today’s workspace. I’m building an app to help people structure stories, across all formats and genres. And then to flip formats, say, from Feature to Microdrama. I’ve spent my life studying story: structure, character, conflict, plot, tension, resolution and ambiguity. It’s called Story Arkitect.
March 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Today’s workspace. I’m building an app to help people structure stories, across all formats and genres. And then to flip formats, say, from Feature to Microdrama. I’ve spent my life studying story: structure, character, conflict, plot, tension, resolution and ambiguity. It’s called Story Arkitect.
I remember doing the Time Warp… wapo.st/429bkA6
‘Rocky Horror’ doc underscores heightened relevancy of a cult classic
“Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror,” a new documentary by the son of “Rocky Horror” creator Richard O’Brien, highlights the film’s enduring fandom.
wapo.st
March 18, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I remember doing the Time Warp… wapo.st/429bkA6