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 🎄

This Friday! VIOLENT NIGHT at Gardena Cinema at 7:30pm! Q&A with writers @patcasey.bsky.social & @joshmillerlite.bsky.social (of the SONIC THE HEDGEHOG films)! Tickets below. #ViolentNight 🎄

So thrilled to see my profile of Brazilian star Wagner Moura is print today on the cover of LA Times’ entertainment section! THE SECRET AGENT opens in LA today. You can read the piece here: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

I profiled Brazilian star Wagner Moura for LA Times. With input from directors Kleber Mendonça Filho and José Padilha. We talked THE SECRET AGENT, his predilection for politically charged roles, and being himself even if Hollywood wants to change him: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Spirit Awards: thrilled to see nominations for TRAIN DREAMS, SORRY BABY, TWINLESS, ENDLESS COOKIE and BOYS GO TO JUPITER! #SpiritAwards

This Friday! VIOLENT NIGHT at Gardena Cinema at 7:30pm! Q&A with writers @patcasey.bsky.social & @joshmillerlite.bsky.social (of the SONIC THE HEDGEHOG films)! Tickets below. #ViolentNight 🎄

VIOLENT NIGHT at Gardena Cinema! Friday, December 5th at 7:30pm. Q&A with writers Pat Casey & Josh Miller (of the SONIC THE HEDGEHOG films)! Tickets below. #ViolentNight 🎄

THE SECRET AGENT opens in NY today. It’s a masterful feat of storytelling about the past speaking to the present in more ways than one. Here’s my review for @theplaylist.bsky.social and I have another piece coming next week for the LA release: theplaylist.net/the-secret-a...

Beloved in Latin America, 31 MINUTOS, Chile’s answer to The Muppets and Sesame Street, is a musical puppet show that parodies a newscast. They recently did a Tiny Desk concert and they have a new Prime Video special. For LA Times, I interviewed the creators: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Now that I’ve seen most animated films, included major releases, these are the 4 I think are the best/my favorites: -LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN 🇫🇷 -BOYS GO TO JUPITER 🇺🇸 -ELIO 🇺🇸 -ARCO 🇫🇷

I interviewed Amy Madigan for the LA Times about playing Aunt Gladys. “She is just a girl trying to get through life,” Madigan said about the WEAPONS villainess who’s quickly become a horror icon and might earn her a second Oscar nomination: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

You might get a kick out of this: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie... #SiskelandEbert #Siskel&Ebert #movies #film #filmsky

50 years ago, “Coming Soon to a Theater Near You” debuted on Chicago pubic access TV, starring Gene Siskel & Roger Ebert. The rest, as they say, is history. #SiskelAndEbert

Jafar Panahi! Last night I had the great honor of moderating a Q&A at the DGA with the courageous master Iranian filmmaker about his Palme d’Or winning stunner IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT. Thank you to the incredible interpreter Sheida Dayani for facilitating our conversation.

Angel’s Egg, Chainsaw Man & The Boy and the Heron, all playing in cinemas nationwide. 10 years ago this would’ve been unbelievable. Anime fandom in the USA has truly exploded.

Happy 40th Anniversary to Vidiots! From Santa Monica to Eagle Rock, from VHS to 4K, this legendary video store continues to champion cinema & make it available to everyone. Long live Vidiots!

For LA Times, I interviewed the directors of LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN, my favorite animated film of the year, about a Belgian girl in Japan who thinks she is God. A joy to hear from directors Mailys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han about this triumph: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...