Sam Sewell-Peterson
Sam Sewell-Peterson
Producer | Staff Writer | Podcaster
Sam is an MA Film Studies writer with a taste for everything from Marvel to Mike Leigh. When he’s not watching the latest comic book blockbuster or an animated classic you’ll probably find him seeking out something interesting from Japan or South Korea.
Long-Term Member
Year joined: 2019
Deputy Editor
More than 150 articles written.
Producer
Podcast co-host, direction.
Film is where I escape to, where I process my thoughts and feelings on the world, where I live. Filmmakers allow me to travel around our world and beyond it, to the past and the future, hearing the voices of the voiceless amplified as they tell their own stories on the big screen. Roger Ebert once said “The movies are like a machine that generates empathy” and I agree with that. If I’m watching a film and it doesn’t make me feel something, or make me think, then what’s the point?
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“You’re not smarter, Walter, you’re just a little taller.”
– Double Indemnity (1944)
