My favorite band of the 2020’s just dropped their second full album in six months.

Something like this

Last 4 Friday

Zeki Demirkubuz is obviously a fan of the Turkey national team but believes nobody lives with more existential dread than the Mexico fan.

Rooting for El Tri for the first time in my life.

My Letterboxd proves it.

Under Eighteen (Mayo, 1932) Market Street, Lower East Side

The stupidest idea in movie history.

Ok this was 35 years ago, but once a cat lover, always a cat lover.

Ain’t matter none.

Last 4 Friday 54 years old, and Jerry Lewis is finally clicking.

The Texas Longhorns softball team faces off against the evil Texas Tech Red Raiders tonight for the national championship.

The Family Jewels (Lewis, 1965)

Favorite May first watches, the month I discovered Aldrich’s two towering late masterpieces.

The college women’s softball championship tournament has become one of my favorite annual sporting events.

Last 4 Friday

“And also with you. Let us pray.”

Cecil B DeMille must have written his own title cards, because they’re consistently superior across his movies.

The True Story of Jesse James (Ray, 1957) This tracking shot of a real moving train is the most “wow” CinemaScope sequence I’ve ever seen.

I’m guessing the Bluesky translating machine must really suck.

I just finished a 6000-word first draft on The Naked Dawn. It’s probably longer than the screenplay was. Ridiculous. I wouldn’t blame the editors for throwing it right back in my face.

Greeks invaded half the known world and handed out their mythology like candy. 2300 years later, they’re accusing everyone of cultural appropriation. (I still ain’t seeing that movie, though- is that Batman?)

We’re so back, baby!

“Nobody reads Balzac anymore.”