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Los Angeles-based filmmaker. West Philadelphia, born and raised. Art's the only thing that'll save you. He/him.
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"The age of chivalry has passed. This, honey, is the age of chiselry." - James Cagney in Blonde Crazy, and somehow not Jay-Z in the 90s

I don't know if there's ever been a culture more in love with charlatans than ours. "Success" defined entirely by how good you are at tricking people into giving you money. An entire country of aspiring slop merchants

Had a face melting duo of HK problematic fun last night at New Beverly! Seeing Tiger on the Beats finale with a crowd easily worth the price of admission.

Informative commentary on High & Low by Stephen Prince on the Criterion BR, namely informative about the history of kidnapping for ransom in Japan and how it had a post-war influx and changes to its punishments to deter them. Fitting for the desperations of the lower class forced into their places.

When is Action Bronson going to get his flowers as one of the best action screenwriters of the past decade?

Kirsten Ritter held the door open for me at Arclight.

"Even if you don't believe in God, you can't close your eyes to the fact that some people live in Hell on Earth." - Lukas Moodysson

(paraphrasing) "I think adults have lost too much and gained too little by growing up." - Lukas Moodysson in the Lilya 4-Ever extra, Guardian interview

"You can't crust anyone/ Cause you're Uncrustable" - Built to Spill if they took the most direct route to sell out.

More like Buster Keaton's Cops! from 1922.

Watching the extras on Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41, the art director Tadayuki Kuwana was especially insightful about how research and political context influenced his role. He mentions researching Auschwitz and the book Man's Search for Meaning to highlight the patriarchal terror.

The idea that the progressive left used the internet to bully institutions into accepting unpopular, far-left positions is the exact opposite of what has actually happened. The alt-right used the internet for ideological capture and they are now in the White House bragging about it daily

Sergeant Rutledge (1960, John Ford)

I like the part in 50 Cent's "In Da Club" where he interpolates Sheena Easton's "Morning Train" melody.

Real cool of Shout Factory to have interviews and commentary discussing some political intrigue behind the scenes and star fandoms going on in China with their Tiger Cage release! Definitely informative both on action movie history and how stardom and conflict with politics works over there too.

Incredibly fucked up, Nintendo.

I went to a Passion Pit concert because I was a much bigger fan of their opener: Tokyo Police Club.

Somewhere, an Elden Ring Nightreign team is having to pickup the slack because their worst player is in a feud with the president right now.

Robyn Hitchcock n The Egyptians - Queen Elvis: Oh so this is Destroyer's dad, huh? It's pretty good and when it's rather good it's pretty lovely ("Madonna of the Wasps," "Veins of the Queen," "One Long Pair of Eyes.")

Silent HILF (Hill I’d Like to Find-My-Daughter-In)

Writing “MA” on the whiteboard, then turning it into “M ₳.”

Golf Story

Does it update Galaxy to Galaxy 2?

Tech bros who swear AI is going to help the commons people: “if you think about it, aren’t farmers really the problem?”

Hi I'm the guy at eBay who said they shouldn't have personalized suggested purchases of the same exact items you're listing to sell. They defenestrated me from a 12 story window, burned my house down, and told me I'll never work in tech again.

The heartbreaking statement from Jonathan Joss’s husband about his death.

It was always silly to be a pre-X twitter bully but it’s straight up hilarious to be a bluesky bully.

May 2025 First Time Watches: 1. The Phoenician Scheme 2. The Sword (1980) 3. Ninotchka 4. Fury (1936) 5. M:I - The Final Reckoning 6. Motorpsycho! 7. The Seventh Curse 8. Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 9. The Legend of Zipang 10. Shaolin Rescuers HM: While the City Sleeps

The credit at the end of The Phoenician Scheme declaring this work may not be used to train AI.

This year our three greatest American artists grappled with existentialism tied to the symbolism of surviving plane crashes: Wes Anderson, Nathan Fielder, Tom Cruise