David Levy
@itsdlevy
Middle-aged gay man. Comms at Actors’ Equity Association (@actorsequity.bsky.social) Cohost of Muppeturgy (@muppeturgy.com) Stamford, CT (he/him/his)
A group of friends move to New York after graduation only to discover the difficulty of landing a job in their chosen field.
Three films in which male filmmakers try to understand womanhood, and a Sigmund Romberg biopic that is short on plot but has some knockout numbers.
Warning for anyone interested in The Greeks Had a Word for Them: the film is badly in need of restoration. The version available to rent or buy online is in such bad shape that it really hinders enjoyment. #LastFourWatched
Love it when they didn’t sell enough ads so we get a screensaver for a commercial break.
I had a great Marilyn Monroe poster too, but I can’t find an image of that specific one. It was similar to the cover of The Diamond Collection boxed set.
I can’t believe Disney is selling Scooter t-shirts in the parks but they are ugly as sin.
JAY Records sent out a newsletter with an AI-generated header image, advertising an album that I think has an AI-generated cover, and I am dismayed.
I don’t have any broad generalization about these four as a group, except that each is extremely reflective of the time in which it was made. I think Fifth Avenue Girl could do extremely well if remade and updated for our current moment. But who today can do what Ginger Rogers did?
Looking increasingly like my most-watched actors of 2026 will be Christopher Lee and Joan Crawford, with Bette Davis and Peter Cushing right on their heels.
After I wrote my little review of The Bride Wore Boots, I was surprised to look at other users’ ratings and discover that by and large, Letterboxd users who love Barbara Stanwyck have absolutely zero appreciation for camp. Their loss.
One of these carries over from my last #LastFourWatched post because we had to stop watching movies to binge The Comeback when I learned that Keith hadn’t seen it.
Thanks to the Criterion flash sale, loyalty program, and bonus for Criterion Channel subscribers, I got the Dietrich & Von Sternberg boxed set for basically the cost of shipping.
Can you guess what I am watching tonight from this snippet of its IMDB page?
Remakes, films that were remade, and one that is effectively both while actually being neither.
Even in these dark times, there are new wonders to behold if you just know where to look.
The number of ads Disney+ is forcing me to watch before Ella McCay is like
Four pretty great, pretty different films this week. Incidentally, For the Love of Strippers (a documentary short about two leaders in LA's strippers' rights movement) is having an online premiere tonight including a Q&A with the director and stars: kinema.com/events/For-t...
Felt a little kicky so put Judy at Carnegie Hall on the turntable, and let me tell you, we are so lucky to live in the CD/digital era.