Jose Zambrano Cassella
@josezcassella.bsky.social
Director/ Cinematographer/ Creator and Arepa Eater.
FILM: linktr.ee/Josecassella
MUSIC: linktr.ee/ksmusica
SUBSTACK: https://josezambranocassella.substack.com/
FILM: linktr.ee/Josecassella
MUSIC: linktr.ee/ksmusica
SUBSTACK: https://josezambranocassella.substack.com/
December 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
-Oscar Wilde
-Oscar Wilde
December 29, 2025 at 2:24 AM
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
-Oscar Wilde
-Oscar Wilde
My Optimistic 2026 Predictions for a Less Stupid Industry
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#movies #film #cinema #content #blog #blogger #substack
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#movies #film #cinema #content #blog #blogger #substack
My Optimistic 2026 Predictions for a Less Stupid Industry
A fantasy written at the end of the year.
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December 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The Joy of Watching a Truly Awful Movie
Or why I love defending complete pieces of shit.
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December 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
December 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
New on CUT TO BLACK
A love letter to listening, memory, and the things we choose to keep.
Free read:)
#music #vinyl #blogger #substack
A love letter to listening, memory, and the things we choose to keep.
Free read:)
#music #vinyl #blogger #substack
Vinyl Is Not Nostalgia
A love letter to listening, memory, and the things we choose to keep.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:20 AM
This year has been a blur of Zoom calls, investor decks, rewrites, new scripts, finished scripts, and helping other people’s films move forward. Survival feels like a job. Still, this is the life I chose. And I choose it again. Keep going or disappear. I’m still here.
#film #creator #life #art
#film #creator #life #art
December 21, 2025 at 2:50 AM
New on CUT TO BLACK:
How we turned art into inventory and called it progress.
#film #filmmaking #blog #movies
How we turned art into inventory and called it progress.
#film #filmmaking #blog #movies
Stop Calling It Content
How we turned art into inventory and called it progress
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December 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
New on CUT TO BLACK:
How we turned art into inventory and called it progress.
#film #filmmaking #blog #movies
How we turned art into inventory and called it progress.
#film #filmmaking #blog #movies
New on CUT TO BLACK:
Three films built on atmosphere and intention.
Cinema with texture, risk, and teeth
josezambranocassella.substack.com/p/before-eve...
Or go to the link in the BIO:)
#film #movies #blogger #substack
Three films built on atmosphere and intention.
Cinema with texture, risk, and teeth
josezambranocassella.substack.com/p/before-eve...
Or go to the link in the BIO:)
#film #movies #blogger #substack
Before Everything Got Explained
Cinema with texture, risk, and teeth
josezambranocassella.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
New on CUT TO BLACK:
Three films built on atmosphere and intention.
Cinema with texture, risk, and teeth
josezambranocassella.substack.com/p/before-eve...
Or go to the link in the BIO:)
#film #movies #blogger #substack
Three films built on atmosphere and intention.
Cinema with texture, risk, and teeth
josezambranocassella.substack.com/p/before-eve...
Or go to the link in the BIO:)
#film #movies #blogger #substack
"Hope for the best. Expect the worst. Life is a play. We're unrehearsed"
-Mel Brooks.
#film #filmmaking
-Mel Brooks.
#film #filmmaking
December 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"Hope for the best. Expect the worst. Life is a play. We're unrehearsed"
-Mel Brooks.
#film #filmmaking
-Mel Brooks.
#film #filmmaking
I’m definitely going to tell this story in my next job interview.
A fantastic monologue from the always crazy Gary Busey.
#film #filmmaking
A fantastic monologue from the always crazy Gary Busey.
#film #filmmaking
December 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I’m definitely going to tell this story in my next job interview.
A fantastic monologue from the always crazy Gary Busey.
#film #filmmaking
A fantastic monologue from the always crazy Gary Busey.
#film #filmmaking
December 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
New on CUT TO BLACK:
Streaming didn’t save movies or music. It buried them. Here's why you should dig them back up.
#filmmaking #films #streaming #Netflix #blogger #artist
Streaming didn’t save movies or music. It buried them. Here's why you should dig them back up.
#filmmaking #films #streaming #Netflix #blogger #artist
Fuck Your Algorithm: Why Physical Media Still Matters
Streaming didn’t save movies or music. It buried them. Here's why you should dig them back up.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New on CUT TO BLACK:
Streaming didn’t save movies or music. It buried them. Here's why you should dig them back up.
#filmmaking #films #streaming #Netflix #blogger #artist
Streaming didn’t save movies or music. It buried them. Here's why you should dig them back up.
#filmmaking #films #streaming #Netflix #blogger #artist
"I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn't give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you."
-Harrison Ford.
#perseverance #film #music #art #creator
-Harrison Ford.
#perseverance #film #music #art #creator
December 8, 2025 at 4:19 AM
"I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn't give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you."
-Harrison Ford.
#perseverance #film #music #art #creator
-Harrison Ford.
#perseverance #film #music #art #creator
New on CUT TO BLACK
The mysterious genius behind the curtain who built some of the biggest sounds in rock, pop, and country.
#music #pop #rock #blogger #substack
The mysterious genius behind the curtain who built some of the biggest sounds in rock, pop, and country.
#music #pop #rock #blogger #substack
The Ghost Who Built Modern Music
Inside the strange, private world of Robert “Mutt” Lange, the mysterious genius behind the curtain
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December 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
New on CUT TO BLACK:
Movies that prove creativity did not die. You just have to look for it.
#film #filmmaking #movies #blogger #substack
Movies that prove creativity did not die. You just have to look for it.
#film #filmmaking #movies #blogger #substack
Cinema For People Who Are Sick Of Watching The Same Shit.
Movies that prove creativity did not die. You just have to look for it.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM
New on CUT TO BLACK:
Movies that prove creativity did not die. You just have to look for it.
#film #filmmaking #movies #blogger #substack
Movies that prove creativity did not die. You just have to look for it.
#film #filmmaking #movies #blogger #substack
I am in ButtFuck Egypt, Texas, out in the middle of nowhere, talking with a seriously heavy hitter, truly the most interesting man in the world, about a new film we plan to shoot in Marfa. This is the job. You go anywhere and everywhere, because we have to create.
#film #filmmaking
#film #filmmaking
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I am in ButtFuck Egypt, Texas, out in the middle of nowhere, talking with a seriously heavy hitter, truly the most interesting man in the world, about a new film we plan to shoot in Marfa. This is the job. You go anywhere and everywhere, because we have to create.
#film #filmmaking
#film #filmmaking
New on CUT TO BLACK
There’s a sea of brilliant work out there that never gets a shot because too many gatekeepers have their artistic taste buried up their ass.
A wonderfully positive read filled with pretty pictures:)
josezambranocassella.substack.com/p/the-masoch...
#film #substack
There’s a sea of brilliant work out there that never gets a shot because too many gatekeepers have their artistic taste buried up their ass.
A wonderfully positive read filled with pretty pictures:)
josezambranocassella.substack.com/p/the-masoch...
#film #substack
The Masochism of Making Movies
Proof That Loving Cinema Is a Beautiful Form of Self-Abuse.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
New on CUT TO BLACK
There’s a sea of brilliant work out there that never gets a shot because too many gatekeepers have their artistic taste buried up their ass.
A wonderfully positive read filled with pretty pictures:)
josezambranocassella.substack.com/p/the-masoch...
#film #substack
There’s a sea of brilliant work out there that never gets a shot because too many gatekeepers have their artistic taste buried up their ass.
A wonderfully positive read filled with pretty pictures:)
josezambranocassella.substack.com/p/the-masoch...
#film #substack
“In the darkest moments, create. That is how you stay alive.”
-Guillermo del Toro
-Guillermo del Toro
November 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
“In the darkest moments, create. That is how you stay alive.”
-Guillermo del Toro
-Guillermo del Toro
The Cult of Vertical Filmmaking and Why It Needs to Calm the Hell Down
NEW on CUT TO BLACK:
Stop asking for “vertical filmmakers.” Just ask for filmmakers
#filmmaking #verticalcontent #verticaldrama
NEW on CUT TO BLACK:
Stop asking for “vertical filmmakers.” Just ask for filmmakers
#filmmaking #verticalcontent #verticaldrama
The Cult of Vertical Filmmaking and Why It Needs to Calm the Hell Down
Stop asking for “vertical filmmakers.” Just ask for filmmakers
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November 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The Cult of Vertical Filmmaking and Why It Needs to Calm the Hell Down
NEW on CUT TO BLACK:
Stop asking for “vertical filmmakers.” Just ask for filmmakers
#filmmaking #verticalcontent #verticaldrama
NEW on CUT TO BLACK:
Stop asking for “vertical filmmakers.” Just ask for filmmakers
#filmmaking #verticalcontent #verticaldrama
New on CUT TO BLACK
Three forgotten gems return from the shadows!
#film #filmmaking #blogger #blog #70's #classic
Three forgotten gems return from the shadows!
#film #filmmaking #blogger #blog #70's #classic
PARANORMAL CINEMA
Three forgotten gems return from the shadows.
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November 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM