The Amateur's Take

About the Substack

The Amateur's Take is a safe space for those who have chronic Letterboxd addictions and film-bro-phobia. You don't need to have seen the Sight and Sound Top 100 to subscribe, I promise - as long as you enjoy a good trip to the cinema, like me.

Free Subscription Benefits

  • Occasional public posts

Paid Subcription Benefits

  • Subscriber-only posts and full archive
  • Post comments and join the community

Paid Subscription Plans

  • £50 a year
  • £5 a month

About Jannat Suleman

a proudly British-Pakistani programmer, curator, writer & critic

Is this your Substack? Submit changes.

The Amateur's Take's recommended Substacks

rent free.  logo
ayan artan

rent free.

a culture newsletter that's all about the films, books, shows and conversations that have embedded themselves in my mind, rent free. if you think media literacy is hot, welcome. you can follow me on instagram @itsayanartan; i'm fun on all apps.

39K+
free subscribers
Auraist. The best writers on Substack. logo
Picking the best-written books

Auraist. The best writers on Substack.

Trusted by 70K+ readers, we pick the best-written books from US and UK new releases and prize shortlists, and publish articles by world-class authors on prose style and AI writing. Plus the satire The Demon Inside David Lynch.

100+
paid subscribers
22K+
free subscribers
Film Flavor with Via Marsh logo
Via Marsh

Film Flavor with Via Marsh

Surveying Flavors + Food in Film

Deeper Into Movies logo
Celia Mattison

Deeper Into Movies

research facility for the cinematic ultra-niche

1K+
free subscribers