I Watched 31 Horror Films in October — Here are my thoughts on all of themThis October I found myself living basically alone in my own space for the first time in years. And with film production jobs in LA down…Nov 7Nov 7
Rian Johnson & The Joy Of Cinematic StructureLast month Netflix and Rian Johnson announced the title of the third Benoit Blanc mystery — Wake Up Dead Man, to be released in 2025. The…Jul 5Jul 5
Chasing The People’s Joker: Telling Stories About StoriesAs long as there have been stories, storytellers have had to be increasingly savvy about navigating a certain problem — the more stories…Apr 20Apr 20
Notes From BarbenheimerIt’s a lukewarm evening. The music of the Century City Mall is more like wind than the usual blaring beats. I’ve just gotten out of seeing…Jul 25, 2023Jul 25, 2023
Dark Star, My Lucky StarLast month the New Beverly Cinema announced that they would be playing the film Dark Star in early August. The film was showing as a tie-in…Aug 4, 2022Aug 4, 2022
The Time That Never WasI listened to George Harrison’s first solo album All Things Must Pass today. It was a long album, so it took me all day, listening to it…Apr 10, 2022Apr 10, 2022
The Top Ten Movies of 2020 (Not 2021)I have this theory, which I’ve been formulating for many years, that you can’t really make any kind of accurate top ten list of a certain…Jan 29, 2022Jan 29, 2022
Let’s Try to Guess The Cast of The Knives Out SequelsA couple weeks ago news broke that Netflix had acquired the rights to produce two sequels to Rian Johnson’s smash murder mystery hit Knives…May 2, 2021May 2, 2021
the bird with the plantI’m depressed right now. I’ve been depressed before. And I’ll no doubt experience it in the future as well. When you have depression one…Feb 28, 2021Feb 28, 2021
I’m sick and bedridden. Here are some movies I’m thinking aboutI’m sick. I don’t get sick very often. Like my mother before me I often push myself into a hardcore routine of work and play and more work…Feb 22, 2021Feb 22, 2021
