<![CDATA[Stories by Andrew Ngin on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@andrewcm-ngin?source=rss-41ce34b894f4------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/0*fBfy03HHRInuKIPH Stories by Andrew Ngin on Medium https://medium.com/@andrewcm-ngin?source=rss-41ce34b894f4------2 Medium Sat, 14 Nov 2026 01:37:34 GMT <![CDATA[What If Your Boss Had to Face the Midterms?]]>

America gives voters a say on the person in charge halfway through the term. Could the people who work under a director get the same?

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How a weird short film about a cockroach fetish sat in my drawer for years, then went to Fantastic Fest and won an award in Japan

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]]> https://andrewcm-ngin.medium.com/why-i-keep-writing-spec-scripts-nobody-asked-for-5eab4089df4a?source=rss-41ce34b894f4------2 https://medium.com/p/5eab4089df4a Sat, 31 Oct 2026 02:01:02 GMT 2026-10-31T02:01:02.649Z <![CDATA[What MobLand and The Diplomat Teach Us About High-Stakes Screenwriting]]>

From London mobsters to Western power brokers, two of streaming’s best shows rely on the exact same engine: ordinary domestic chaos.

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]]> https://andrewcm-ngin.medium.com/what-mobland-and-the-diplomat-teach-us-about-high-stakes-screenwriting-626505bd01cf?source=rss-41ce34b894f4------2 https://medium.com/p/626505bd01cf Sat, 24 Oct 2026 02:01:02 GMT 2026-10-24T02:01:02.676Z <![CDATA[Decoding China’s Commercial Dramas: How to Make a Popcorn Social Commentary Movie]]>

Usually, films about pressing social issues are grim affairs.

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High ambitions and massive scale can’t bridge the gap in this dystopian spectacle.

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]]> https://andrewcm-ngin.medium.com/digger-movie-review-tom-cruise-climate-change-and-meta-theater-b703980c7e83?source=rss-41ce34b894f4------2 https://medium.com/p/b703980c7e83 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 02:01:04 GMT 2026-10-10T02:01:04.575Z <![CDATA[Black Marks and White Marks: What Actually Makes Up a Legacy]]>

On reputation, memory, and why you should start writing your eulogy while you’re still alive to do it

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]]> https://andrewcm-ngin.medium.com/black-marks-and-white-marks-what-actually-makes-up-a-legacy-dd1abaf12ae5?source=rss-41ce34b894f4------2 https://medium.com/p/dd1abaf12ae5 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 02:16:01 GMT 2026-10-09T02:16:01.557Z <![CDATA[Why You Should Watch a Movie in the Cinema]]>

Watching a movie is like eating hot dogs.

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Reading as pleasure is the best way to start a reading habit

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]]> https://andrewcm-ngin.medium.com/good-bloody-luck-you-cant-lecture-a-child-into-reading-06a79f95e3b9?source=rss-41ce34b894f4------2 https://medium.com/p/06a79f95e3b9 Sat, 26 Sep 2026 02:01:02 GMT 2026-09-26T02:01:02.781Z <![CDATA[Just Finished / Just Started: Sci-Fi Thrillers, Reacher, and WWII History]]>

What I’ve been watching and reading lately — from Na Hong-jin’s HOPE to Taiwanese literature.

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]]> https://andrewcm-ngin.medium.com/just-finished-just-started-sci-fi-thrillers-reacher-and-wwii-history-d00d8797662e?source=rss-41ce34b894f4------2 https://medium.com/p/d00d8797662e Sat, 19 Sep 2026 02:01:02 GMT 2026-09-19T02:46:28.899Z <![CDATA[When the Icons Fall: A Writer’s Farewell to Dolly Parton]]>

When the people you admired in your youth pass away, you realise, with a sudden pang, that you’re getting old.

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