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In honor of Twin Peaks Day, here's a piece I wrote back in 2014, when The Return was first announced. www.vulture.com/2014/10/twin...

my book CINEMA HER WAY: VISIONARY FEMALE DIRECTORS IN THEIR OWN WORDS is out in tomorrow!!! pre-order link and book tour dates here: maryaegates.com/cinemaherway/

“I lost my father this year. I don’t always know how to deal, but his voice in my head tells me that I can do it.” -Note left on our typewriter

HEART EYES has decent gags, middling scares and a rationale sloppier than two dogs sharing a strand of spaghetti. As date night fare, it’ll do. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

January 19

For Booksky 📚 ❌ Goodreads: owned by Amazon. ✅ StoryGraph: black woman-owned, inclusive, has mood based recommendations! ❌ Audible: owned by Amazon. ✅ Libro.fm: supports local books stores.

Note left on our typewriter.

“Leo DiCaprio has his Star Wars toys. Tom’s got his typies.” Which of Tom Hanks’ typewriters are you?

The best newspaper ad in the history of movie marketing?

Sue Ellen Mewing recommends our new edition of Robert Bloch's classic PLEASANT DREAMS (1960). These are some of Bloch's best stories, including the Hugo winner "That Hell-Bound Train." Also features new intro by @JoeLansdale. Shipping now from our website: www.valancourtbooks.com/pleasant-dre...

Due to several unrelated shipping mix-ups, some readers got their copies of Saul Goodman v. Jimmy McGill not only weeks ahead of the Feb. 4 publication date, but before yours truly. Finally, though, I've got this beauty in my hands, which you can still preorder: www.abramsbooks.com/product/saul...

It’s here. www.vulture.com/article/neil...

Gift link to our first proper rave of 2025: @roncharles.bsky.social on Adam Ross’s “Playworld.” wapo.st/40ioA4G

Christmas Movie No. 25: "The Holdovers" (2023)

My Christmas Eve tradition is still going strong. Once again: The X-Files "How The Ghosts Stole Christmas"

Christmas Movie No. 24: "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946)

Christmas Movie No. 23: "See You Next Christmas" (2021)

Christmas Movie No. 22: "The Shop Around the Corner" (1940)

Christmas Movie No. 21: “Just Friends” (2005)

Christmas Movie No. 20: "Love Hard" (2021)

Christmas Movie No. 19: "Home Alone 2: Lost In New York" (1992)

Christmas Movie No. 18: "Home Alone" (1990)

Recommended some great Christmas indies from years past on today's KCRW Press Play #filmsky 📽️ @kcrw.com

Christmas Movie No. 17: "The Family Stone" (2005)

Christmas Movie No. 16: "Jack Frost" (1998)

Christmas Movie No. 15: "This Is Christmas" (2022)

"I really like mixing Puritanism, timidity and inhibition. All of a sudden, there is fire and ice. And it’s so good." —Catherine Breillat This movie 🔥🔥🔥🔥 www.criterionchannel.com/videos/last-...

“Three films a day, three books a week and records of great music would be enough to make me happy to the day I die.” - François Truffaut

Christmas Movie No. 14: "The Holiday Junkie" (2024)

Christmas Movie No. 13: "Silent Night, Bloody Night" (1972)

Christmas Movie No. 12: "My Night at Maud's" (1969)

Christmas Movie No. 11: "Tree Man" (2015)

Christmas Movie No. 10: "Hot Frosty" (2024)

Christmas Movie No. 9: "Batman Returns" (1992)

Christmas Movie No. 8: "Edward Scissorhands" (1990)

Christmas Movie No. 7: "Plácido" (1961)

Christmas Movie No. 6: "Christmas Eve in Miller's Point" (2024)

Christmas Movie No. 5: "Tangerine" (2015)

Christmas Movie No. 4: "Go" (1999)

Christmas Movie No. 3: "Terrifier 3" (2024)

Christmas Movie No. 2: "The Lion in Winter" (1968)

Christmas Movie No. 1: "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" (2024)

V O T E 2024 Edition

Strands #221 “Think about it” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #487 🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟦🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Framed #944 🎥 🟥 🟩 ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ framed.wtf

Wordle 1,209 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Strands #220 “Full house” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟡🔵🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #486 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦