Starting to think Trump might not get that third term.

There are just so many movies out there. You’ll never run out. It’s great.

An Edgar Wright film so weak that not even gen-X critics are rising to its defense…

You stumble on a filmography like this, and it's like... I gotta find time to see all these.

I am enjoying Younggu and Ddaengchili (1989), directed by and starring South Korean comedy sensation Shim Hyung-rae

A quick public service announcement: my smash-hit critically-acclaimed book Ed Wood: Made in Hollywood USA is back in stock in the @vinsyn.bsky.social store vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...

Watching a children's giant monster movie when suddenly... HOLY SHIT! I did not expect it to go that hard.

Curious to track down a copy of Where is Mama's Boy (2005), a Hong Kong comedy starring infamous failed American Idol hopeful William Hung.

Wow!

Next week on Wednesday, November 19, @declouxj.bsky.social and I will present Steven Seagal's only directorial effort, On Deadly Ground, at the beautiful Fox Theatre in Toronto. What does it take to change the essence of a man? Find out with us... www.foxtheatre.ca/movies/impor...

François Truffaut’s review of Edgar G. Ulmer’s The Naked Dawn (1956)

I recently did something I almost never do - re-listen to one of my old podcast episodes - and need to issue a disavowal. On Important Cinema Club #323, I am bizarrely dismissive of Hisayasu Satō’s Celluloid Nightmares (aka Re-Wind). I saw it again recently and it’s very good.

I’ve been very fortunate to get a lot of nice and thoughtful reviews/write-ups for my Ed Wood book, and I’ve noticed that there’s an interesting division emerging between those who kinda tap out when Ed reaches his porno years and those who like those sections best.

One of the great trailers.

The political conviction I hold most strongly - the belief that structures my life - is that the lemonade salesman from Duck Soup deserved everything he got. He was guilty of the worst crime of all, which is that he couldn't hang. He couldn't do bits.

Humblebrag: as @junkfilterpod.bsky.social approaches it's 5th anniversary, the -second- episode of the pod was about Al Goldstein. And on the show @willsloanesq.bsky.social and I discussed Curtis Sliwa, who is featured prominently in the documentary about Goldstein "Screwed"

Best movies of 1989? Great question. Obviously Do the Right Thing. Then there's Crimes & Misdemeanors, Roger & Me, The Killer, Les Sièges de l'Alcazar... oh, Batman, of course... let's see, Cyborg, Pedicab Driver... Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects and Hisayasu Satō's Muscle for certain moods...

How I'm feeling

It seems Andrew Cuomo was unable to capitalize on the coveted Woody Allen endorsement.

The only justice in war criminal Dick Cheney's death is that he died knowing that a man far stupider than him stole everything he wished he could have stolen, and did so with zero guile, preparation, or thought.

Love this essay by @esmesays.bsky.social on a topic that gave me much cause for thought and questioning while writing my Ed Wood book lwlies.com/in-praise-of...

🚨 Important Cinema Club - Live Event in Toronto 🚨 Leos Carax's mind-bending cinematic self-portrait IT'S NOT ME will be playing at Hot Docs on Sat, Nov 29. After the screening, my colleague @declouxj.bsky.social and I will be on hand for a live discussion. Come out! Tix: hotdocs.ca/whats-on/fil...

Brooklynites: with SNAP benefits expiring as of today, here are two ways you can help feed neighbors: donate to CHiPS, the food pantry/ women's shelter in Park Slope: www.chipsonline.org. Or leave food in the community fridge on 6th Street between 4th and 5th avenues, next to the Postmark Cafe.

Fuck, man. I need this so bad.

That's one way to make a dedication to the novelization of DOOM.

I still occasionally think about “The Wacky Detective,” the fictional movie directed by Quentin Tarantino’s character in Four Rooms (1995)

Happy autumn from Shemp

My interview column about rep cinema culture in the City of Toronto returns, this time with beloved local horror series Nightmare Alley bsky.app/profile/toro...

For the season finale, @willsloanesq.bsky.social stops by to discuss his great new book about Ed Wood, how to approach cinematic reclamation, and the movie he's seen possibly more than any other: Tim Burton's BATMAN. You wanna get nuts? C'mon! Let's get nuts! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...

I have answered the cries of a nation and written my thoughts on Woody Allen's novel What's With Baum? willsloan.substack.com/p/whats-with...

Fulci pumpkin

this is the best podcast episode i’ve heard all year

Everyone always says "I can't people people pick up the phone for Isaac Chotiner!" and "Wow, if Isaac Chotiner tried to interview me I would run!" and then you read his interviews and the questions that trip people up are "Could you explain?" and "What do you mean by that?"

RIP. Sybil Fawlty is the most misunderstood character in all of fiction. She deserved better than Basil. I would have treated her right. bsky.app/profile/theg...

Watched John Carpenter’s Body Bags. Hadn’t seen before. Did you know Mark Hamill shows his bare ass in this?

My closing pitch to voters? “I will only live in this awful place if I rule over it”

I answered the cries of a nation and created an audio documentary about the great forgotten radio comedian Fred Allen soundcloud.com/michael-and-...

Say hello to our houseguest Fitzgerald

A lot of people seem to be reading and talking about this Harper’s “gooning” article even though it’s a piece of longform journalism - a genre of writing we all understand to be bad by definition.

Thoughts on Abel Ferrara's new memoir and his film 4:44 Last Day on Earth, which I revisited. willsloan.substack.com/p/abel-ferrara

Reading Abel Ferrara’s new autobiography has me revising the classics.

I was delighted to guest on Mr. Conner Habib’s podcast, alongside my colleague @declouxj.bsky.social, to discuss movies about ghosts, as well as ghosts in general. Do I have any sort of spiritual side? In this podcast I tell all! open.spotify.com/episode/4U2b...

I was happy to be able to address the allegations that I am an auteurist inthemoodmag.substack.com/p/ed-wood

Very happy to be in this issue with some words about Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster (1935), the Turkish remake of Young Frankenstein, and others. bsky.app/profile/lwli...

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-...

I hate the State of Israel and hope it is dismantled. Have to post this every three or four months just to shake off anyone who shouldn’t be here. Carry on.

On this week's Patreon Episode of The Important Cinema Club, @willsloanesq.bsky.social did something very special: An hour-long solo episode about the books written by Ed Wood, with tons of sections from the novels read out loud by Will himself: www.patreon.com/posts/405-li...

Y'know I actually have never had a literary agent.