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This is exactly what a baby trying to convince his doctor not to give him a shot would say.

MAXXXINE: LIMITED EDITION 4K UHD released Nov 17, preorder now! Featuring new and exclusive bonus material including audio commentary, crew interviews and more! Plus 120-page book & 6 art cards! Std Ed also available. bit.ly/MaxxxineLtd

In addition to a new episode of Director's Club, you also get the debut of the spin-off podcast, B-SIDE ME, feat. co-host Sharon Gissy as we take the format of my other show and instead of directors, we discuss music/bands. Check out our first episode here! directorsclub.substack.com/p/smashingpu...

Went on Podcast Like It’s to talk about sneakily one of Clint’s best movies

Not two of our favorite guests, @mitchellbeaupre.bsky.social and @directorsclub.substack.com, talking about a great filmmaker!?!? Check this out!

Back doing what I love discussing a favorite filmmaker with an incredible returning guest @mitchellbeaupre.bsky.social for Director’s Club talking about Kenny Lonergan. And you’ll get another special episode later today too. Thanks everyone for listening! directorsclub.substack.com/p/kennethlon...

The Music Box is the *only* place in Illinois you can see Paul Thomas Anderson's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER presented in 70MM! Opens Friday September 26th, with an early screening on Thursday September 25th. Showtimes & Advance Tickets On Sale Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

ILLINOIS — Trump’s Gestapo violently throws female congressional candidate @KatAbughazaleh to the ground to the ground

We get all kinds of donations at the library including things I’ve never heard of.

Processing and elaborating on everything that’s happened as of late with my mom. Then it’ll be time to get back to podcasting, movies and music again. Summer breakdown is coming to an end. directorsclub.substack.com/p/entropy

@tlachtga.bsky.social @zizpa.bsky.social @joshseybert.bsky.social @oldbutterscotch.bsky.social @kentmbeeson.bsky.social @taldragon.bsky.social @jilliansmyth.bsky.social @directorsclub.substack.com @laurenoneal.bsky.social @ericaleigh.bsky.social I AM GOING TO FORGET SO MANY PEOPLE 🤦🏻‍♀️

Re-upping this because we still need some help 🙏

👏 Wahoo! Thanks to librarian, podcaster, musician, film critic/writer @directorsclub.substack.com for a most excellent donation to my Fall 2025 @chirpradio.org fundraiser! Help me get to $500! chirpradio.app.neoncrm.com/LizMasonFall...

"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys

🙌 Bravo! Thanks to punk rock librarian, podcaster, writer and overall swell dude Jeremy Kitchen for his generous donation to my Fall 2025 @chirpradio.org fundraiser! Help me get to $500! Could I get 3 $15 donations by midnight? chirpradio.app.neoncrm.com/LizMasonFall...

Celebrate 15 years of CHIRP - become a $15 quarterly sustaining member and get this anniversary beanie cap, just in time for cooler temps! Or give $15 monthly and you'll get the beanie AND this t-shirt with a design by painter Steve Amos! Donate today: chirpradio.org/donatenow Thanks so much!

THE BALTIMORONS opens this Friday at the Music Box! Featuring an Opening Night Q&A with director Jay Duplass and star Michael Strassner! Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

In the midst of a very hectic couple of months I still manage to put together some wonderful programs at the Rogers Park Library here in Chicago that I hope you'll seek out and attend in the next couple of months, particularly this one. Learn all about it: chipublib.bibliocommons.com/events/68962...

Larry Cohen w/ Joel Schumacher on the set of PHONE BOOTH. Larry's autobiography I KILLED BETTE DAVIS (AND OTHER CONFESSIONS OF HEINOUS CRIMES COMMITTED IN THE NAME OF MOVIEMAKING) & his unproduced screenplay HEADHUNTER coming shortly from Sticking Place. Let the world know!

This goes out to you know who! #chicago

The streets of Chicago are full with tens of thousands of people standing up to ICE and Trump. Join us.

The National Guard is, in some ways, a distraction. What's going to happen in Chicago is going to be a massive ICE enforcement blitz.

“Film things you see happening…Be loud for America” is quite the rallying cry.

THAT'S THE SPIRIT!!

A great piece. In my view there are two threads, particularly in film criticism, at play here: the fear of stans (which this article mentions) and the desire to be liked. Both have been fueled by social media.

Vonnegut was a lion

Me, my mom, my amazing sister Gina.

Take good care of your aging brains and bodies. Mom's MRI showed advanced atrophy and CMID, essentially the cause and early stage of dementia. Now it's time to get her round-the-clock care, as hard as it will be for her.

Paddington 4 (2025)

I made a promise to the women of Illinois — as governor, I will ensure your medical decisions will be your own. Now, we continue fulfilling that promise. Public colleges will now provide contraception and medication abortion at on-campus pharmacies and student health centers.

In the midst of things getting worse with my mom, I’m trying to focus on the positive, including the debut of a new podcast featuring my fiancée and I nerding out about music in a structured, fun way that I’m excited to “share” on the first of September. Director’s Club will also return soon!

Ironically, much of what Ty reflects upon in this sobering, wistful piece he also articulated 28 years ago in the Entertainment Weekly article that launched my own career. I was among the earliest infiltrators! We all fall in the end… ew.com/article/1997...

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

Welcome new folks! I know we're not really doing starter packs anymore, but any cinephiles in Chicago looking to read hometown criticism can find these writers and the rest of the CFCA in here: bsky.app/start/did:pl...

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Check out the latest members of the CFCA! Excited to follow them all. Been a fan of @lindseyromain.bsky.social for a long time. And mad congrats to the great @dedecrim.bsky.social too! chicagofilmcritics.org/blog/cfcanew...

i’ve been writing for bw/dr for almost a decade now (wild!!!) and i can’t imagine my life or career without it. there’s no better editorial or creative team in the world—they do what all pubs should do: nurture passion & curiosity in writers and readers. subscribe if you can, you’ll never regret it

Love Ryan, Love Rachel. They’re good people with a lot of knowledge and passion for my favorite art form. Give this a listen or watch it as proof!

Told my partner, Honey Don’t see this!

This just arrived and I’ll take a photo of my first contribution to a cool new Blu-Ray soon. Thanks so much again @projectionbooth.bsky.social. Excited to watch / listen to the commentary and the movie in a pristine, beautiful format.

An unforgettable live @nin.com show from one of our all time great musicians, who continues to impress me especially with his recent work as a composer.

COMING TOMORROW: We are going back to camp and bringing @directorsclub.substack.com with us! It's WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER time!! And it's a movie so monumental, its also our longest episode of all time!!

Happy Birthday, us! 339 Drafts 252 Guest GMs 7 Years Holy Mackerel! To everyone who has joined us at the Draft Table, or listened at home / on a run / in the car / on a space station / etc, THANK YOU. We wouldn't be here without you. 🍸

Did one of my favorite podcasts really just drop a nearly 12 hour podcast? I couldn’t decide whether to laugh, scream or cry with joy or terror. Thank you for all you do Screen Drafts, including this. Honored to be a booster!

There are a few good movies out there that you should make an effort to catch in a theater especially the first two here. Here are my thoughts on 4 recent releases! directorsclub.substack.com/p/reviewsaug...

Dirty Danzig (1987)

RIP