<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Dual Nature: Phoenix Rising Pictures]]></title><description><![CDATA[project updates from Phoenix Rising Pictures]]></description><link>https://caseykohlberg.substack.com/s/phoenix-rising-pictures</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZGSn!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F01b22dbf-3c2c-47c6-a079-4c6170a8e4b8_800x800.png</url><title>Dual Nature: Phoenix Rising Pictures</title><link>https://caseykohlberg.substack.com/s/phoenix-rising-pictures</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 20:07:11 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://caseykohlberg.substack.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Uptown Downtown LLC]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[caseykohlberg@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[caseykohlberg@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Casey Kohlberg]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Casey Kohlberg]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[caseykohlberg@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[caseykohlberg@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Casey Kohlberg]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Risen from the Ashes]]></title><description><![CDATA[announcing Phoenix Rising Pictures]]></description><link>https://caseykohlberg.substack.com/p/risen-from-the-ashes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://caseykohlberg.substack.com/p/risen-from-the-ashes</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Casey Kohlberg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:27:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/3a82f9d5-24ba-4d8b-a463-8321e73f5657_1080x1080.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Phoenix Rising Pictures is Officially Live!</p><p>Here we are. In some cases, this has been a long time coming. With a certain degree of inevitability. I don&#8217;t know if I can remember the first time I read a book or watched a movie. I do know however, that I&#8217;ve always loved them.</p><p>How to explain how we got here? It probably starts in my childhood bedroom, flipping through magazines, and watching movies and tv shows on my mini tv (it was sooooo small and so heavy)</p><p>I loved reading vogue and elle and instyle and cutting them up and making my own magazines. But I loved watching movies and making my own in my head (casting them, shooting them, writing them, costume designing them.) I was doing all this organically, as I moved through my childhood and teens and twenties. It took me until my thirties to understand that both of those things could exist in one job.</p><p>I don&#8217;t know what this will be. I know what I <em>Hope </em>it will become. But for now, that&#8217;s for me to know and you to find out.</p><p>A frequent piece of advice about writing is to write what you know. So, a few things I love are books, young adult stories, fashion and film.</p><p>So that is what we are doing at Phoenix Rising Pictures. Things I know and love. Follow along for this journey. Head over to the <a href="http://thephoenixrisingpictures.com">website</a> or <a href="http://instagram.com/thephoenixrisingpictures">instagram</a> to support</p><p>This is just the beginning.</p><p>XOXO,</p><p><em>Casey</em><br><strong>Founder &amp; Chief Entertainment Officer</strong></p><p></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://caseykohlberg.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Dual Nature is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>