"when a youtuber shares their secret sauce" with Danny Boyd from CinemaStix
Update: 2025-06-02
Description
Danny Boyd of CinemaStix sits down with Max to explain why the algorithm isn’t that complicated, the art behind a funky title/thumbnail combo, and how to dance with the DMCA.
Show Notes
Welcome
- when you realize you’ve been watching the cropped version this whole time (Batman: The Mask of Phantasm)
- yep, turns out the movie still works without all the exposition (The Bourne Identity)
- Every Frame a Painting
The Last Movie Danny Watched
Every Frame a Painting and Influence
- Return of the King and Queen
- The Second – A Short Film by Every Frame a Painting
- when the director dabbles in some color theory (Baby Driver)
- Radiolab
The CinemaStix Timeline
Building a Runway
- Nerdwriter
- Max Roberts Essays
- MFP33 - “The Knowledge of Fire” with Brian Henken
- From the director of CinemaStix: April Edition
- MFP31 - “The Release Date of this House” with Coury Carlson
Titles and Thumbnails
- when you find a way to dance in every movie you’re in (Sam Rockwell)
- CinemaStix Videos
- when the sequel surpasses the original (Spider-Man 2)
Presenting Art
- Things Become Other Things by Craig Mod
- The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition Marathon in 2012
- Marvel’s 60-hour Marathon before Endgame
DMCA Dance
- man they really didn’t want me showing you this one (Charlie Chaplin)
- Why HBO’s The Last of Us is a Failure of Adaptation by Writing on Games
- Iron Sky by Paolo Nutini
- bro, they had to know they were giving us one of the greatest characters in movie history (Aragorn)
- Nebula
CinemaStix
- CinemaStix YouTube Channel
- CinemaStix Patreon
- CinemaStix Nebula
- CinemaStix Newsletter
Max Frequency - Max’s home online
Chapter Select - A seasonal, retrospective podcast where we bounce back and forth between a series exploring its evolution, design, and legacy.
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