Always nice to see some stars trickling in for THE CULT IN MY GARAGE on Goodreads

Talking about one of my favorite Scorsese's films, LIFE LESSONS, on a new episode of Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time. This gem was unfairly ignored by the 5 part MR. SCORSESE series so we show it some genuine love on the pod. Listen/watch here: linktr.ee/dibym

Has Kate Bosworth been good in anything? I've apparently seen few of her films and she's been mediocre at best in all of them. That said, I think her performance in this film is the fault of the script. Who Invited Them did a much better job as a dialogue-heavy horror chamber-piece, in my opinion.

Great (and, alas, necessary) statement from the @wgawest.bsky.social and @wgaeast.bsky.social. Compare and contrast with that of the DGA...

LOVE DINNER PARTY HORROR: The Invitation Coherence The Dinner Party The Feast Await Further Instructions Krampus You're Next The Menu It's a Disaster Would You Rather Krishna The Perfect Host Who Invited Them? also The Gift, Mother!, Ready or Not truly fits! TCM's dinner scene Hitchcock's Rope

Kick your spooky season off right!

At Printers Row everyone asked what kind of books we publish. Weird ones. Mythic fables, nostalgic trips, dystopian futures, disco slashers with demons. Weird enough you’ll wonder why you picked them up. And we’ll wonder why you didn’t put them down… shop.maudlinhouse.net

Damn, I wish this course was around BEFORE I started my novel. Looks like a real murderer's row of writers. Congratulations @bradlisti.bsky.social on this cool new school!

If you’re an immigrant with legal status who’s committed 0 crimes you can be sent to a torture prison where you’ll be raped and dehumanized. If you’re old pals with Trump and ran a pedophile ring you get sent to a cushy minimum security prison despite being ineligible because you’re a sex offender.

Check out Favorite Frights on Shudder 🔗 letterboxd.com/shudder/stories @lukeslens.bsky.social @tedgeoghegan.bsky.social @thejenniferreeder.bsky.social @joshruben.bsky.social @redheadfrommars.bsky.social @duncanbirm.bsky.social @dimabarch.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social @thejoelynch.bsky.social

In some great company on this list. Love to see WHO INVITED THEM included!

Please Lordy have this be the return of the Arclight and not ICE turning this into some kind of detention center.

This Sunday! HMU if you want more details about this workshop to decide if it's right for you. You can sign up at the @pvww.bsky.social website.

Been so touched by the stories ppl have shared with me this year who are dealing w/ chronic pain & complex health conditions that I wrote a long, in-depth heartfelt personal essay answering qs & covering my experiences w/ some of the most difficult & frequent terrain. www.patreon.com/posts/130708...

With Scarecrow currently on Criterion, I'm reposting my piece for @bwdr.bsky.social on the most downer buddy movie of all time. www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2023/03/16/b...

Oh man. End of an era. Has meant so much to so many (including myself) over the years. Well done @marcmaron.bsky.social @producermcd.bsky.social

Great talk!

There's still a few tickets left to Izzy Lee's feature directorial debut, CoProduced by me, for it's West Coast premiere on May 24th in Los Angeles, presented by American Cinematheque Myself, Izzy, and other cast and crew will be in attendance for a Q&A afterward. Hope to see you there!

Follow Duncan Birmingham on Bluesky: @duncanbirm.bsky.social Add WHO INVITED THEM to your watchlist: boxd.it/z5mU

I'm going to this. Are you?

So true. The gauntlet has been cast.

I whole-heartedly agree!

The war in Gaza has killed or injured 170,000. Children are starving to death. Trump is encouraging the ethnic cleansing of 2.2 million people. Why is there no discussion in the US government about why we are spending billions of taxpayer dollars starving children in Gaza?

I’m not going to tell you how to live your life, but if you want a copy from Skylight you can also order online and choose in store pickup. www.skylightbooks.com/book/9781737...

The Finch That Stole Cliffmas.

Can anyone recommend more films in this micro-genre? #HorrorSky #FilmSky

O Cinema has been threatened with eviction and loss of funding for showing "No Other Land." But the government does not get to pick and choose which viewpoints the public is allowed to hear, however controversial some might find them. The ACLU-FL and CJP are standing with O Cinema in this fight.

We're back on our birthday with Season 6!

I'll be there!

Had a productive and emotional therapy session about my sense of failure for still having never really made something of my own and then got off the call and proceeded to make a list of menu items I would serve at a Talking Heads themed fast casual salad concept

I won't reveal what LA movie I'll be blabbering about. Don't even try to get it out of me.

Mom just called to recommend a little movie she stumbled upon called It Ends With Us and boy did I have juicy gossip for her.

Been ages since I read anything of Robbins's, but he was one of the first writers who I read extensively and deeply at a formative age — and a good reminder of how playful one could be in more "literary" fiction. RIP. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/o...

In the midst of the madness we’re all enduring, Karma Doll, Jonathan Ames’ wildly funny, semi- depraved, and beautifully written new Noir, may be the perfect read… For my money, his bent, burned-out Buddhist detective, Happy Doll, is this generation’s Philip Marlowe. I fucking loved this book!

Very sad news. THE LITTLE HOURS and JOSHY are such inventive films that really made me laugh out loud. So tragic.

I’ve worked with Josh Welsh at Film Independent since 2008; his passing hits like a ton of bricks. A cheerleading boss, a champion of independent film and filmmakers, and a man full of warmth, integrity and encouragement. He would sing out my name every time he saw me. What a tremendous loss.

2024 was the Fredo of years. Happy 2025!

Kindly write-up of my new novel KARMA DOLL by author and critic Paula Woods. www.latimes.com/entertainmen... Mystery authors Pip Drysdale, @alexsegura.bsky.social, Christopher Bollen, and Jonathan Ames answer our burning questions, including their go-to book for holiday gift-giving this season

"Forgive me, but my fascination with Calvinist childhoods and Cheeverian marriages grows especially keen each year about a week after Thanksgiving, when the LiteFM station becomes 104Santa, and the inflatable nativity aisle opens at WalMart." - Ben Mauk on METROPOLITAN

Tár walked so László Tóth could run.

Loved this movie!! Funny and scary, a great combination!

Threw my ol' short films up on YouTube cause why not. www.youtube.com/@duncanbirmi...

This is a wonderful collection of stories!

It's never a bad day to drop some stars on THE CULT IN MY GARAGE on Amazon (although buy it someplace else).

Love this series. Excited for this one.

Renewing the subscription I canceled last month