Thomas Butt -Senior Author

Thomas Butt

Senior Author

Contributor Since November, 2022
Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Communication from University of New Hampshire
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Turner Classic Movies, Criterion Channel, Oscars
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About Thomas Butt

Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely passionate about the work of Martin Scorsese, John Ford, and Albert Brooks. His work can be read on Collider and Taste of Cinema. He also writes for his own blog, The Empty Theater, on Substack. He is also a big fan of courtroom dramas and DVD commentary tracks. For Thomas, movie theaters are a second home. A native of Wakefield, MA, he is often found scrolling through the scheduled programming on Turner Classic Movies and making more room for his physical media collection. Thomas habitually increases his watchlist and jumps down a YouTube rabbit hole of archived interviews with directors and actors. He is inspired to write about film to uphold the medium's artistic value and to express his undying love for the art form. Thomas looks to cinema as an outlet to better understand the world, human emotions, and himself.

Industry Experience

A film-focused freelance writer for Collider and Taste of Cinema, and runs "The Empty Theater" on Substack.

Favorite Media

Courtroom dramas!

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You just can't refuse it.

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Julia Roberts has cited it as a favorite in her filmography.

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Release the James Gray cut!

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It paved the way for 'Interstellar' and 'Inception.'

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The movie also faced controversy upon release.

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Nobody will be able to refuse this

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Tell us how you really feel, Quentin.

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The 2022 masterpiece has 90% on Rotten Tomatoes.

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Have you always wanted to be a gangster?

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Movie Features

This one has aged like milk.

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Read My Lips

Turns out Jacques Audiard was better without musical cartels.

Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park.
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Leave it to Ian Malcolm.

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Relax, guys.

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Is the second chapter of Costner's epic on the horizon?

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In many ways, making a movie is the ultimate heist.

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Movie Features

Mark Ruffalo and Delroy Lindo round out the cast of this forgotten prison drama.

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