CUTTHROAT ISLAND at the Vista! Gorgeous 35mm, booming sound, pure pirate spectacle. Plays again tomorrow, as part of the “When Carolco Was King” series! #CutthroatIsland

SPIDER-NOIR is out this week on Prime. My interview with Nicolas Cage and Lamorne Morris is in print today on the cover of the LA Times’ Entertainment section. Cage’s love of film noir and Morris’ shoutout to journalists made for a really enjoyable piece to write. Link below.

The Latino Backrooms is just Ross Dress for Less

THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY won the Palme d’Or at Cannes 20 years ago today. It was the first, and so far only, Irish film to win the Palme 🇮🇪

WISHBONE is back in the news thanks to a new documentary that chronicles the making of the beloved ‘90s kid show. For LA Times I talked to the voice of Wishbone, the show’s creator, and the doc’s director. Nolan’s THE ODYSSEY is coming, but Wishbone did it first. Link below.

Robert Rodriguez is coming to the Academy Museum! FROM DUSK TILL DAWN and SPY KIDS anniversary screenings on July 18th & 19th!

I feel so lucky about this one. For the New York Times I profiled the legendary Tony Leung Chiu-wai, one of cinema’s most unforgettable talents. The piece includes input from directors John Woo and Ildikó Enyedi. Leung’s latest film SILENT FRIEND opens tomorrow. Link below.

Lucrecia Martel! My interview with the acclaimed Argentine filmmaker is in print today at LA Times. What an honor to have written this piece. Her new film, which is her first documentary OUR LAND (Nuestra tierra) opens in LA today. Read here: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Happy 25th Anniversary to ROCK YOU! (also known as A KNIGHT’S TALE)

Excited to share this piece! The heroines from KPOP DEMON HUNTERS have taken over kid birthday parties, displacing Disney princesses. For LA Times I talked to 2 LA characters-for-hire companies and to a parent still shocked by the movie’s popularity among children. Link below.

TCM Fest 2026: MY BROTHER’S WEDDING with Charles Burnett, and THE MUPPET MOVIE with Paul Williams. Great conversations, terrific films. #TCMFF

VHS in Los Angeles! Unbelievably honored to represent the tapehead community alongside Be Kind Video & Video Hero, and quoted next to Jane Schoenbrun, Alex Ross Perry & David Cronenberg! Thanks so much @carlosfilm.bsky.social! [Link below] #VHSforever

Daily Memo: At Least 15 Latinos Have Been Deported to The Congo As ICE Escalates In Southern California Full report: lataco.com/detainees-de...

Wonderful to see my piece on VHS collecting and the appeal of watching movies on tape is also in print today in the LA Times. Thanks to @conorholt.bsky.social for introducing me to this world. You can read the piece here: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Casually @carlosfilm.bsky.social told me that his roommate @conorholt.bsky.social has over 1,100 tapes. I knew that guy because, once upon a time, he was me. A beautiful piece about nostalgia, obsession and "time-traveling." www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

VHS lives! For LA Times I talked to David Cronenberg, Jane Schoenbrun, Alex Ross Perry and some L.A. tapeheads (including my friend @conorholt.bsky.social) about the appeal of watching movies on VHS and collecting this outdated format beloved by many in this city and beyond. Link below.

Tonight! A KNIGHT’S TALE at Gardena Cinema. $12 tickets, 7:30pm, Free Parking. Happy Birthday, Heath Ledger! Ticket link below.

So happy that the Macedonian film DJ AHMET is opening in the U.S. this weekend. I hope it doesn’t entirely slip through the cracks. It straddles crowd-pleasing charm and a compelling, culturally specific coming-of-age story. One of my faves at Sundance ‘25. My review: variety.com/2025/film/re...

Next Weekend! Celebrate Heath Ledger’s birthday with 25th Anniversary screenings of A KNIGHT’S TALE at Gardena Cinema! Friday & Sunday, $12 tickets, FREE parking! #AKnightsTale

Thrilled to make my debut at A Rabbit’s Foot in their latest, gorgeous print issue on California with an essay about a handful of movies that portray LA as a dark and enigmatic (and bloody) place for those who come here seeking go become stars. Welcome to Los Angeles: Be Careful.

Bucket list interview for me. For the NYT I talked to French animation legend Sylvain Chomet, whose first animated feature in 15 years, A MAGNIFICENT LIFE, opens this week. So happy to hear he is already working on his next animated film. Read here: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/m...

Congrats to SENTIMENTAL VALUE (Affeksjonsverdi), the first Norwegian movie to win Best International Film! Skål! #Oscars 🇳🇴

Happy 40th Anniversary to EAT THE PEACH! One of my favorite Irish films of all time, this scrappy underdog tale still charms after all these years. Trapped on VHS, but hopefully a BluRay release someday! #EatThePeach

Before you decide to comment on the situation in Mexico, remember that the criminal organizations there obtain their guns from the U.S. and that that the U.S. is the main consumer for their products.

VHS Swap at Slasher World! I’m here till 5, selling tapes, DVDs & film magazines #VHSforever

I talked to Tim Curry and Brian Henson about MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND for the NYT. The swashbuckling adventure turns 30 today. It was such a delight to write this one. Read here: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/a...

“Dead Tom’s Dead! Long John shot him!” Happy 30th Anniversary to MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND

Tonight at 4pm PST! The Shelf Shock Rewind Awards celebrate the best physical media releases of 2025, and I’m proud to be presenting Best Animation Release! Link below. #ShelfShockRewind @disc-connected.bsky.social

THE TIME HAS COME! #ShelfShockRewind 2025 is here TOMORROW! LIVE on YouTube, Twitch, X, and Facebook, join Ryan Verrill of The Disc-Connected and Chris Higgins AKA #BeardedFilmGuy as they host the fourth annual awards show dedicated to all things home video!

Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.

For LA Times, I wrote about why sequels and an aversion to taking risks have rendered most Hollywood animated features far less compelling in comparison to their international counterparts. And even when they make an interesting one, it rarely hits theaters: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

ICE out of Minnesota! #AbolishICE #ReneeGood

My silly annual tradition Thread: this year’s 10 Best Picture #Oscars nominees as scenes with The Muppets ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson

At the #LAFCA awards, Kleber Mendonça Filho listed some of his favorite Los Angeles films: XANADU, THEY LIVE, PUNCH DRUNK LOVE, TANGERINE, LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF & more. @lafilmcritics.bsky.social

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

The woman killed by ICE was Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old who was the mother of a 4-year old child whose father already died a few years ago. The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...

Happy 85th Birthday to Hayao Miyazaki! “I wanted to retire, but life isn’t that easy” he told Roger Ebert back in 2002 for the release of SPIRITED AWAY. www.rogerebert.com/interviews/h...

2025 Lotería! To share with you the list of my 30 favorite films of 2025, here is my 9th annual lotería card with drawings representing each of the movies I loved most this year. Thank you above all to the amazing @conorholt.bsky.social!

It’s a Christmas miracle!! New festive episode of Viva featuring SECRET MALL APARTMENT, SAILOR SUIT MACHINE GUN, and this years Dogsmas movie, I WANT A DOG FOR CHRISTMAS, CHARLIE BROWN! Happy holidays! 🎄📼📀🎁 youtu.be/NDbKbNlmUms?...

Happy 30th Anniversary to CUTTHROAT ISLAND! As a pirate-obsessed kid, this film was everything to me.

I contain multitudes! The last two pieces I wrote were on Albert Serra’s AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE and on Kronk from THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE (both for New York Times). Neither got much traction, but I’ll put the gift links in the replies in case anybody is curious to read.

The New York Times let me write about Kronk for the 25th Anniversary of THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE, one of my favorite movies as a kid. I talked to some of the artists who brought the beloved himbo henchman to life: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/m...

Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.

Thank you Rob Reiner for your incredible life. Thank you for THE PRINCESS BRIDE, STAND BY ME & so many other wonderful classics, as well as your inspiring political activism. Losing you & Michele is heartbreaking, but your memory will live on.

We will be giving a Special Citation to Judy Kim of Gardena Cinema, a historic 800-seat, single-screen movie palace that has operated as an independent cinema and beacon of community since the Kim family took ownership in 1976. #LAFCA

We are also awarding a Douglas Edwards Experimental Film Special Award to Thom Andersen for his body of work. #LAFCA

#LAFCA So happy that Best Cinematography went to Adolpho Veloso for TRAIN DREAMS! Wonderful win.

So great to have writers Pat Casey & Josh Miller at the Gardena Cinema for a screening of VIOLENT NIGHT! The sequel is coming next year! #ViolentNight 🎄