Cheesesteak wit whiz. When in Rome (or, in this case, Philadelphia)…

Embracing the Old Ways in 2026 with Nollie’s shrimp and mahi tacos.

Loved this fractured fairytale with a J‑horror sensibility, where maternal devotion mutates into a lurid, grotesque nightmare laced with flashes of comic-book excess. It’s a bedtime story ripped apart and taped back together wrong. boxd.it/cnQLit

We “egret” to inform you…

Been waiting for this and Criterion Channel delivered this month with Nordic Noir. Girl with Hyacinths serves hooks in ceilings, secrets and moral entanglements at parties, and postwar Stockholm at its darkest. boxd.it/cn4zFJ

A quote that gets me every time. #TCMParty

Much the same energy at our house today. #TCMParty

Happy New Year!

My last official logged and reviewed watch of the year. Ended 2025 with 669 watches (not including films screened for the New Orleans Film Festival). Bring on Japanuary and Giallo January to start 2026! boxd.it/clItgF

All the fixins! Redfish stuffed with blue crab, black eyed peas, collards, and cornbread.

Just a mere 5.5-hours until we drop the beach ball!

A beautiful evening on South Carolina’s Hammock Coast at Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet!

Agnes, solo!

Like wearing the band t-shirt to the concert.

Feeling my personal engine warning light turning on at this point in the holidays.

On the NC Oyster Trail today with CB Salts, Little Stars, and Beau Sels.

Making up for the fact that we didn’t actually build the charcuterie chalet by watching a documentary on the history concrete and stone.

These are my favorite bird pics I’ve taken since I have been home for Christmas.

An excellent rural noir that begins with unease and erotic tension, then shifts to a cover-up that curdles into an off-kilter police procedural. Hitchcock by way of the Argentinian noir The Bitter Stems. Desire rerouted, mercy corrupted, truth quietly buried with complicity. boxd.it/cgRBLz

Hot pelican action today!

Take off!

Working on some unfinished Christmas business from my beach chair…

I feel like this is the flag I would fly on my pirate ship.

Two-for-two tonight traumatizing the family with violent endings. Also watched Eddington. Marty stumbling through Japan is like cheering for someone tripping over ambition. Closeups nail every awkward glance, and that final shot of him staring at his baby? Priceless. Incredible cast. boxd.it/cg0q8v

As seen on my afternoon walk.

Boxing day! 🥊🎁🎄🎬 #filmsky #moviesky #cinema #BoxingDay moremovies.co.uk/our-top-7-fi...

Driving 41 between Chicago and Milwaukee still feels like this sometimes. #TCMParty

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

Like Santa, Frankie Bono has come to town. But he doesn’t care if you’ve been naughty or nice. He’s got a job to do. And that’s a wrap on Christmas watches and rewatches! boxd.it/ceFHgZ

Keeping my streak alive of standing in the Atlantic Ocean on Christmas Day!

Christmas lights in old LA, long shadows, and a conscience under pressure. Miracle on Main Street (1939) wraps a holiday bow around early noir anxiety, where hope flickers but never comes easy. A smart, shadowy seasonal curio I watched while waiting for everyone to wake up. boxd.it/ce3FXh

Werner Herzog holiday anecdote

Gravity-defying breakfasts are the best kind! #TCMParty

Some quiet moments before the big show.

I have vastly neglected my down spouts!