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Not only is this great but it led me to your other playlists which are also rad. I always dig a well curated playlist and love when I can listen to it in order. It gets it a little closer to the mixtape/CD mixes of yore.

Watching this over and over again to give myself a burst of serotonin to counteract.....I don't know....like....everything else.

On my @letterboxd.social watchlist now! Travis @aheartofgould.bsky.social called this a "Cassavetes castlevania of toxic love and vampiric sex" which not only makes me want to watch it immediatley but displays in a phrase why he's one of the best film writers out there.

You can personally admonish me if this isn't on my watched films by the end of this month because this sounds like extremely my shit.

I ❤️ @mattbelloni.bsky.social for this. The ethics of Hollywood are basement level. Same for tech (see below a column I wrote in 2019).

I also have advice. Everybody loves reading advice on the computer, so I'll share it: the best thing you can do right now is log off as hard as you can. Go outside, talk to people in real life where it's actually kind of rude to talk about the news, try to actually see the friends you usually just text message. Go for a long drive and turn the phone off while you do it. Get back into your hobbies or pick one and learn it for a while. Watch one of those studio movies that reviews called "wildly miscalculated" and you haven't seen since high school. Play an album you like but find embarrassing. Go to free community events even if they sound stupid. If you take the freeway, try the surface streets. Go to a bad diner and just order some bad coffee because even bad coffee is good coffee. You can't help anybody when you're exhausted and keep posting one million college-educated rewordings of "I would love to be dead right now" on the computer. Walk away from the thing and try out some of those normal things you hear about and if you get bored that's wonderful because we're not supposed to get bored anymore. It turns out boredom is the Cadillac of feelings.

RIP Kaleb Horton
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/

Tomorrow! I am interviewing Andrew Davis, director of THE FUGITIVE, at 2p at Vroman's. Tickets here bit.ly/Davis921 but walk-ups are welcome so come on down!

THE FUGITIVE is one of my all time favorites movies(It's in my bio). Well, in two Sundays my work is hosting the director of that film Andrew Davis and his conversation partner is.....me! Come watch me fanboy out. Professionally, of course.
Tix as low as $5 here: www.eventbrite.com/e/an-afterno...

This is microtargeted to me.
"The tower! The tower! Rapunzel! Rapunzel!" but also "Every time I look in the mirror, pal....except for the beard, of course. "

Researching Dracula/Vampire lore

JFC. Fascist, racist, corupt Justices giving the ok for ethnic cleansing by arguing 'don't worry, there's a spectrum of constitutional violation" is as frightening as it is enraging.
Understand, this is scary for all brown folks, no matter citizenship, language, or employment. We're all targets.

title card faves #filmsky

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My giant head went live on camera earleir this morning

If you're up early tomorrow and have access to terrestrial tv, I'll be on a live segment on Good Day L.A. (Fox 11)in the 7 o'clock hour. They'll be doing hourly segments all morning from my work.

Still frame of graham greene in reservation dogs with caption that reads "we should be proud that we can still love."

So long, Graham Greene.

Very relatable

Also the Bruce and Clarence "Big Man" Clemons photoshoot for the iconic cover is full of amazing pics.

50 years ago Born to Run was released by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. It's a no skip masterpiece in my book.

This description really moves into the must-see column. Stoked.

Some of my absolute favorite film writing has been published by BWDR. In this worsening media landscape controlled by cultural troglodytes we can't afford to lose any more platforms that value insightful voices. If you have the means please subscribe to @bwdr.bsky.social it is absolutely worth it.

Some essential film critics/writers to read/follow: @katiewalshstx.bsky.social @aheartofgould.bsky.social @bilgeebiri.bsky.social @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social @brndnstrssng.bsky.social @jasondashbailey.com @812filmreviews.com @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social @carlosfilm.bsky.social @zvasquez.bsky.social

9 years ago I worked a signing event with Spike Lee that John Singelton showed up to as a surprise. After that I went to the Hollywood Bowl with my wife and our friend to see Sufjan Stevens. That was a good August day.

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Currently but also evergreen

THE BIG FIX 🙌🏽

Reely — The Movie Connection Game Connect two movies by linking movies and actors. Can you complete today’s Reely?

🎉 I just finished a Reely!

🎬 Can't Hardly Wait (1998) → Blockers (2018)

3️⃣ Frames | 0️⃣ Hints

🔥 Streak: 1 day

🍿 Play here:
playreely.com

My new pod @filmsprawlla.bsky.social isn't too far off. The release of the premiere date is nigh.
I'm hosting with the homie @tunnels24.bsky.social. We'll be talking about LA movies from our native Angeleno perspective.
Give us a follow.

All in all, not too shabby.
I think Fatal Beauty and Happy Gilmore 2 got half or full star bumps. Fatal Beauty becasue of the suppoting cast & LA setting. Happy Gilmore 2 becasue I'm a sentimental idiot.

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

I wish I had the forethought to screegrab from that training including the look of the woman who overheard this guy's 'joke' setup and turned around confounded