Jokes I say in public that are funny only to me, #1,762: "...I don't know a PPO from P.P. Arnold, but..."

It’s unlikely that I’ll have time to watch any more classics between now and the New Year, so here’s an early edition of my annual New to Me list. (And yes, it’s almost unforgivable how long I went without seeing a couple of these.)

The Zohran press conference is your regular reminder that the entire administration folds like tissue paper at the slightest hint of confidence and conviction, and thus the fact that national democrats are playing a game of capitulation and weakness is exactly why they're all getting away with it

An “all you fascists bound to lose” sort of night

On tonight's Thursday Night Show, we'll get into the Halloween spirit with horror and horror-adjacent music from PJ Harvey, Bessie Smith, Roky Erickson, Robyn Hitchcock and more. 7:00 p.m. Pacific ttns.uk

If I were even remotely afraid of embarrassment, I wouldn't do half of the stupid shit that I do, and none of the most fun stuff.

Guys you need to watch demascus on Tubi! It’s so good!!

As others have said, it's an adaptation so loose as to be barely recognizable, but DL's closest analogue in the movie is DeAndre, played by Regina Hall.

Biggest surprise of Highest 2 Lowest was the soul version this kooky Italian song over the end credits. youtube.com/watch?v=RObu...

It's likely you've heard me mention DEMASCUS, a show I edited (and loved!) before it was shelved by its original network and lived in agonizing limbo for two years... until now, because the trailer just dropped! youtu.be/2zMo-SJx8bw?...

I'll have the honor of interviewing Leslie Jones, ACE, about her work with Paul Thomas Anderson—in particular on The Master (one of my very favorite films)—at the next ACE Presents screening. In 35mm, at world-famous Vidiots, Wed, August 20, 7:00 p.m. Tickets: vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/the-m...

I saw a few episodes of this at SXSW & it was *incredible*. Just been sadly thinking about how I'd never see the rest ever since. Can't wait to watch! 💞

Two years ago, I was crestfallen when a show I was very proud to have been part of, DEMASCUS, was shelved by the network — even though it was complete and it was awesome. Well, our producers' perseverance has paid off and the series will premiere on Tubi next month! deadline.com/2025/07/dema...

On this week's Thursday Night Show, we'll use music to elicit all the colors of the spectrum, via the songs of Brian Eno, Mazzy Star, Love, Abdullah Ibrahim, Hüsker Dü, and Ken Nordine (of course), among others. Tune in Thursday, 6:00 p.m. Pacific. ttns.uk

We feel seen, Spelling Bee. We feel seen.

I won't be the only one to say this, but man, Sly Stone and Brian Wilson leaving the station within a week of each other is just too much.

this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake

Save us, Arclight, please! www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

It says something unflattering about our culture that an artist owning her own work is not only newsworthy, but rightfully considered historical. But hell yes, congrats Taylor!

All the IMAX showings of "Pink Floyd at Pompeii" on Sunday are at 2:00 p.m. Who the fuck wants to see Pink Floyd at two in the afternoon?

Tomorrow night at Vidiots, tickets still available! Richard Halsey, ACE, in conversation with Julio C. Perez IV, ACE, about AMERICAN GIGOLO and an extraordinary life in the editing room. Don't miss it! Tickets here: vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/ameri...

Wed, April 23—ACE Presents is very excited to show AMERICAN GIGOLO, edited by the legendary Richard Halsey, ACE, whose storied career also includes Rocky, Moscow on the Hudson, et al. Q&A to be led by Julio Perez, ACE, of HBO's Euphoria. Hope to see you there! vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/ameri...

Been a while since I posted for Timeline Tuesday... #postchat

This is great news, and let me use this opportunity to mention that there's still a weird and wonderful TV show out there called DEMASCUS (a sci-fi comedy about Black identity) that got disappeared for the same balance-sheet reasons as this film. Somebody buy DEMASCUS! deadline.com/2025/03/coyo...

"We Built This City" hurts me bad, not just because it's a terrible song, but also cuz not long before, they had been an extraordinary band. They went from "The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil" to this awful corporate b.s. (hypocritically posing as anti-corporate). It's just painful.

The more I think about BLACK BAG, the more I love it. I'm gonna have to see it in the cinema at least one more time. (And yes, I realize that time is of the essence on that point.)

The next ACE Presents will feature the 1980 neo-noir crime drama American Gigolo followed by a conversation with editor Richard Halsey, ACE, at Los Angeles institution Vidiots. Moderated by Julio C. Perez IV, ACE, supervising editor of Euphoria. Tickets here: vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/ameri...

The first movie I have a memory of seeing in a theater was The Poseidon Adventure. I was five. When I was about ten, I saw The Domino Principle, and just like that, on the basis of two films, Gene Hackman became my favorite actor, even though...

Oh, COME ON!

Anne V. Coates editing LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, THE ELEPHANT MAN, OUT OF SIGHT, UNFAITHFUL *and* STRIPTEASE, 50 SHADES OF GREY + CONGO...simply one of the 🐐s

Pablo Ferro, font god.

Through our ACE Presents series we screened the film MEMENTO this week w/ @darrinnavarro.bsky.social interviewing the great editor Dody Dorn. This film series is now rocking on both coasts, bringing awareness of the editor's craft to the public! Thanks to @vidiots.bsky.social! #postchat #filmediting

Are you at Sundance? Do you love lyrical and mischievous cinema? Then check out Montana Mann's beautiful short film, AZI, in Shorts Program 2. Produced by Steven Snyder. festival.sundance.org/program/film... Premiering Friday noon at the Egyptian!

This was my first year as an Oscar voter, and I can't say what I voted for, but I'm delighted by this morning's outcome. Congratulations to all! However, if you haven't yet seen ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT or CHALLENGERS, please don't let their lack of nominations stop you. They're both exquisite!

As always, the Razzies can get in the sea... (...which of course I mean figuratively, because the sea is full of enough toxic bullshit as it is.)

I'm old enough to remember when rock bands, fancying themselves defenders of some kind of artistic purity, would actually print on their record covers, "Absolutely no synthesizers were used in the making of this album." And then New Order laughed and said, "Okay Boomer."

My feed is chock-a-block with handwringing over the apparent use of AI tools in The Brutalist, and I risk wading into a quagmire by even commenting on it, but here goes: No one is more vulnerable to the labor and copyright implications of AI than me and all my creatively-employed colleagues...

When all the dust is settled on the era of Peak TV, I truly believe that The Return will easily rank as the most beautiful piece of moving image work to emerge from such a weird set of economic and cultural circumstances.

DAVID LYNCH FOREVER 😭♥️😭

One of the strangest and most pleasurable work experiences I ever had was when sound designer Ron Eng invited me to come work on INLAND EMPIRE, up at David Lynch's Hollywood Hills compound. He knew I was a huge fan, and even though there wasn't much for me to do, I got paid for about six weeks...

Nobody asked me to, but I was hiding from the smoky air, so I decided to make a list of my favorite movies of the first 25 years of the current century. (Reserving the right to tweak indefinitely.) boxd.it/tVK8m

"Fincher intended on working with Disney, who still own the IP..." Someone explain to me how a novel published in 1871 is still not in the public domain. I know U.S. copyright has been cravenly extended many times, but I thought that began in the 20th Century. www.indiewire.com/news/general...

On tonight's Thursday Night Show we'll remember the artists who left us in 2024, with music from Quincy Jones, Kris Kristofferson, the Shangri-Las, MC5, Can, the Grateful Dead, and much more. 6:00 p.m. Pacific ttns.uk

NEW TO ME 2024. 12 Favorite First Watches of the Past Year. 1. The Devils. Russell, 1971. 2. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. Lynch, 1992. 3. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Neame, 1969. 4. Shadow of a Doubt. Hitchcock, 1943.

Today I discovered a restaurant in L.A. called Thai Food Near Me, which is a damned stroke of genius.

I don't like to spoil things but ELLE FANNING is the Spelling Bee pangram today.

"You'll be visited by three spirits." The three spirits:

The next West Coast ACE Presents event will be a screening of the 2000 psychological thriller, MEMENTO, followed by a conversation with editor Dody Dorn, ACE, at Vidiots. Tuesday, January 21, 2025. This is gonna be one for the books. Tickets here: vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/memen...

A pretty stellar lineup of films, edited by some of the very best. Congratulations to all the nominees! #aceeddieawards

My go-to expletive is "Jiminy F***in' Christmas!" and I feel as though that would be a very good title for my biopic. Also, it would be a Christmas movie, obviously.