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Our friends’ son just watched SUNSET BOULEVARD for the 1st time yesterday in his college film class and loved it. It reminded me of watching THE EXORCIST for the 1st time. Is there a film you’d love to go back and watch for the 1st time?

Many of us first got to know director James Foley’s work through his music video collaborations with Madonna. But his own films like At Close Range, Glengarry Glen Ross, Fear & Fifty Shades Darker & Freed have all left their searing mark on the cultural zeitgeist. #RIPJamesFoley

We are living in an era where Romeo & Juliet re-imaginings are thriving. Unfortunately, #JulietAndRomeo is one of the worst to date due to poor creative choices. It's like it's by someone unfamiliar with Shakespeare AND musicals. My review via @variety.com: variety.com/2025/film/re...

Another Céline Song movie release where I apparently have to request a screening invite. It happened with PAST LIVES and now MATERIALISTS. I guess this is an on-going tradition I’m now being made aware of. 🤷‍♀️

Best. Billboard. Ever. (On Barham & Cahuenga) #FinalDestinationBloodlines

Attention Angelenos: the 70mm print of SINNERS at the Vista in Hollywood is moving to the AMC Burbank 16 starting Friday.

Scary day, but so grateful things weren’t worse: #TheHubs was out jogging and got hit by a car. He’s fine: just sore & road rash, but still frightening. I’m grateful to the doctors, paramedics & 2 women on the scene who helped him. And that the guy who hit him stopped his car.

some news: in 2026, i will become the president and owner of @milestonefilms.bsky.social, the distribution home of charles burnett, kathleen collins, bridgett m. davis, and many others. to be a champion of cinema is my life’s greatest honor & pleasure. learn more: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/m...

My favorite FLAWLESS #MetGala2025 looks (so far? Maybe it?): Zendaya Lupita Nyong’o Doechii Brian Tyree Henry Colman Domingo

#TheNewAvengers waste no time. Sebastian Stan’s self-installed poster is already behind glass. #Thunderbolts

It’s Audrey Hepburn’s birthday so I thought I’d change my Letterboxd Top Four Favorites to films of hers. 💅 Sabrina Wait Until Dark Breakfast At Tiffany’s Two For the Road

Just thinking about that incredible town car tracking shot in WIDOWS. Thank goodness Steve McQueen saw the value in what some might mislabel as “shoe leather.” The neighborhood disparity anchors the story, in addition to the character-forward dialogue. Perfection.

#MayThe4th Be With You #MayThe4thBeWithYou #MayTheFourthBeWithYou

#Havoc: Not even close to being on par with Gareth Evans’ two RAID films. You’ve seen this story play out a zillion times before. Action photography is frantic shakey cam. Tom Hardy rushes through his lines like he’s got somewhere better to be - and maybe we do too.

#WolfMan: Whannell’s attempt to transform another classic Universal Horror doesn’t go well, primarily as his characters don’t act logically. Flat themes re: parental overprotection turning into toxicity. A puddle deep conversation treating infection as a disease, nothing new.

Kylie Minogue’s Tension Tour was one for the history books. She always puts on a killer concert. But what a treat she and her band were this evening in LA on the final stop of her North American dates. 2 solid hours of hits…. (1/2)

Hello from the Kylie Minogue concert at the Staples Center (I hate calling it the Crypto dot com arena).

Y’all the merch line is crazy long for Kylie Minogue. LA has turned out for their Queen.

For as much as I loved A SIMPLE FAVOR, that's how much I dislike ANOTHER SIMPLE FAVOR. How do you shit the bed this badly? My review: freshfiction.tv/another-simp...

Jill Sobule’s “I Kissed A Girl” was a breakout hit in 1995 that meant a lot to folks. Her self-titled album it’s on is a gem. However, the song I always equate to her is “Supermodel” off the CLUELESS soundtrack. That song still has legs since it’s *in* the movie. #RIPJillSobule

Gonna take in a little “me time” next week, thanks to @beyondfest.bsky.social. JOHN WICK is one of my favorite franchises of all time so this will be a real treat to see #WickIsPain and the original film on the big screen AND hear the filmmakers reminisce. Let’s f*cking gooooooooo!

I’ll be going back for a 5th time to see #SinnersMovie/ #Sinners on May 17th. It’ll be my second time in IMAX 70mm.

Living my best life, being quoted for #FinalDestinationBloodlines. Seriously excited for y’all to see and scream its praises too!🩸💀

Ok. So. It's pub day. My book GANDOLFINI: JIM, TONY, AND THE LIFE OF A LEGEND is out today. And as I'm sure you've heard from other authors, first week sales really do matter so much! So I'm gonna sell a bit. www.abramsbooks.com/product/gand...

#FinalDestinationBloodlines is a splatterrific blast! A fun, frightening nightmare factory of gleeful gore. Sharp Rube Goldberg death traps perfectly finesse tension, dark comedy & blood-drenched carnage. Easily a franchise fave. #FinalDestination  #Bloodlines

Tonight’s screening: #FinalDestinationBloodlines

Ugh. Vinyl Me Please is probably no more. I should’ve never switched my membership to the Crate Subscription and just have cancelled full stop in January. www.stereogum.com/2305865/viny...

Remind me not to be social on social media.

My press screening invite for #MissionImpossibleTheFinalReckoning arrived. 🥹💗