Coming soon to Brooklyn :) - 3I/ATLAS film festival - www.53spaceshipsmovie.com/3iatlas-film...

Finished editing a 30 min discussion on the new teaser trailer and other filmmaking items (discussion was recorded in June or so I think :)) for 53 Spaceships movie - w/ New Orleans film critic Bill Arceneaux. Discussion should be out on web soon - probably on Sun or Mon.

one of the sources of inspiration for 53 Spaceships movie series - youtu.be/L0l18kBEJ7w?...

movies are a public performance medium. every indie filmmaker needs to find a place to show one of their movies 1x a month at least in public. some theater, DIY show space, etc. a reason to promote the movie to the world, and a revenue stream.

next hong movie to watch - www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hote...

HBD Hong Sang-soo! MCCT5: 5)Right Now, Wrong Then 4)Woman/Future of Man 3)Claire's Camera 2)Woman Who Ran 1)The Day After More: @longpauses.bsky.social: mubi.com/en/notebook/... @jbalmont.bsky.social: www.anothermag.com/design-livin... @filmlinc.bsky.social: www.filmlinc.org/series/the-h...

TBH, I was hoping for more commentary on “Chiraq,” but this quote is good: “I always had love for Chicago. Great city, great people, a lot of history, herstory here.” ✌🏼

found a good car to get away from the fuzz, it can hold my heaters.

Coming soon to Brooklyn :) - 3I/ATLAS film festival - www.53spaceshipsmovie.com/3iatlas-film...

3I/ATLAS is just a promotional thing for my new movie 53 Spaceships :) (worked it out with some space aliens)

The world doesn't really need a Ben Solo/another Star Wars movie (but, maybe it would have been amazing - who knows? :) - however, there are like 500 Star Wars movies and shows now).

From 8 years ago - youtu.be/DjAOlKrdpls?...

Bold wide VOD release strategy with this indie movie - "On making an indie period movie - CASEY MAKES A MIXTAPE - releasing on Apple TV, getting reviews" - youtu.be/lNbILp4I7VY?...

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere is effective, emotional, and a little staid and overwritten. Read @djmecca.bsky.social's review:

"After joining Narodnaya, Kostrov took up a camera and began recording its work. What emerged, in the simply titled Narodnaya (2019), was an epic documentation of a small-scale utopian project..." - cinema-scope.com/features/in-...

First time I watched Jarmusch's Mystery Train I immediately re-watched it like 2-3 times (on VHS back then, in Chicago). Really the 1st Slow Cinema type movie that I got into. I was like - "game over, this is the way to make movies." :)

Kent Jones' #LateFame is a lively chronicle of different generations clashing and mixing, featuring a towering performance from Willem Dafoe. Read @leonardogoi.bsky.social's NYFF review: thefilmstage.com/nyff-review-...

Looking for a fall read? We recommend new books on Clint Eastwood, Abel Ferrara, Jonathan Demme, Ed Wood, and much more. Explore @schobie.bsky.social's column: thefilmstage.com/recommended-...

Restorations of Olivier Assayas' rarest films are coming to NYC this November.

Elizabeth Lo’s new documentary Mistress Dispeller explores a Chinese service that women can hire to get their husbands to break up with their mistresses, thus preserving their marriage. Read @therealdsube.bsky.social's review:

#Aftersun director Charlotte Wells is attached to helm a Debbie Harry biopic, with Florence Pugh sought to lead.

"We got along quite well and I’m happy that I started with Sebastian [Stan], because he speaks some Romanian and he wished to speak Romanian in the film." Cristian Mungiu talks with @roryseanoc.bsky.social about his upcoming feature #Fjörd and the state of the world:

From Oct 10 (wow, time goes by fast, it's already Oct 21 :)) - my review of Casey Makes A Mixtape movie - diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2025/10/revi...

"This is a delightfully fun and well written indie comedy that was as unpredictable as the first film. It is minimalistic filmmaking at its finest." - www.specialmarkproductions.com/reviews/revi...

Hear 7 new songs that came out today www.brooklynvegan.com/7-new-songs-...

An intimate conversation from Köln ’75, Ido Fluk explores the emotional & creative journey toward artistic freedom. How do filmmakers navigate expectations, financial pressures &industry noise, while staying true to their vision? #zeitgeistFilms #KOLN75 youtu.be/HQUi3oq0jWg?...

In memory of François Truffaut, who died forty-one years ago (I remember; it was a shock); I think that his work is still largely misunderstood because some of his best films, foremost A Gorgeous Girl Like Me and Fahrenheit 451, are both uncharacteristic and hardly available.

"I don’t see young people getting angry over franchise films. It’s someone selling you something in a two-hour format that’s really about selling you something else and pretending." Kelly Reichardt on The Mastermind and not caring about audience expectations:

"This is a delightfully fun and well written indie comedy that was as unpredictable as the first film. It is minimalistic filmmaking at its finest." - www.specialmarkproductions.com/reviews/revi...

From Oct 10 (wow, time goes by fast, it's already Oct 21 :)) - my review of Casey Makes A Mixtape movie - diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2025/10/revi...

About to watch this - from @insidethearthouse.com, about The NYFF @filmlinc.bsky.social - youtu.be/NyttXdpkpJM?...

"There’s a clarity to its vision that grounds one comfortably, no matter the oddities that occur. Cosmic Disco Detective Rene, in this way for sure, is head and shoulders above..." - www.moviegoing.rocks/cosmicdisco/

Start your day with 50,000 positive thoughts :)

letterboxing no longer needed for home video or web video - most screens are 16:9 now, and the regular YouTube screen is 16:9. so shoot 16:9 and release for those outlets. for theaters do a 1:85 crop file.

things space aliens on other planets do not like: - dealing with bills - dealing with annoying neighbors - dealing with gigantic terror monsters from other planets - dealing with having to keep the office organized

On making an indie period movie - CASEY MAKES A MIXTAPE - releasing on Apple TV, getting reviews - interview w/ director Blake Calhoun - youtu.be/lNbILp4I7VY?...

wrapping up work on 53 Spaceships movie soon. by early Dec we'll have a finished movie. sneak preview screening on 12/12 - more info soon! - www.filmnoircinema.com/program/2025...

ghosts in brooklyn

A massive crowd of #NoKings protesters has gathered in Times Square in New York

Rebecca Miller's five-hour documentary on Martin Scorsese, featuring interviews with the legendary director himself, alongside Daniel Day-Lewis, Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Thelma Schoonmaker, Steven Spielberg & more, leads our streaming picks of the week.

"I’d be happy if someone wants to publish Frank or Francis." Charlie Kaufman and Eva H.D. talk with Ethan Vestby as their short film How to Shoot a Ghost makes its U.S. premiere at Woodstock Film Festival today:

Shih-Ching Tsou's Left-Handed Girl, co-written, produced, and edited by Sean Baker, is a simple but striking drama about growing up in a family living paycheck-to-paycheck. Read @yesitsalistair.bsky.social's review:

Two Wikipedia contributors averted a potential tragedy at a conference for the site’s editors on Friday in Manhattan when they jumped in to take down a man with a gun.

Protesters gathered on Saturday to rally against President Trump’s actions that they see as authoritarian. nyti.ms/3WcPHva

good name for an indie band - Jonas Mekas Box Office

Severed Ways (2007) was another micro-budget indie historical epic, saw it when it came out: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severed...