Highlights from January-February 2026: - Never My Love is officially an award-winning short; - saw David Lynch art in the flesh; - shot my first rolls of Super8 film; - attended many politically-charged screenings at Berlinale.

In this episode of Anatomy of an Adaptation, we are joined by Rafael Felix to discuss the 1998 novella Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang, and the 2016 adaptation Arrival by Denis Villeneuve. Give it a listen! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0JJG... YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXAy...

In this episode of Anatomy of an Adaptation, we are joined by Randy Burrows to discuss the 1939 novel Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood, and the 1972 Bob Fosse musical Cabaret. Give it a listen! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4sC3... YouTube: youtu.be/ROvtx9iHXrA

In this episode of Anatomy of an Adaptation, we are joined by Orrin Luc to explore the classic video game Silent Hill 2, and the 2026 adaptation by Christophe Gans, Return to Silent Hill. Give it a listen! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2pDM... YouTube: youtu.be/JgydJCVwX5Y

In this solo episode of Anatomy of an Adaptation, I discuss the classic 1848 novella White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky, and the adaptations by Luchino Visconti and Robert Bresson (Four Nights of a Dreamer). Give it a listen! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3Jrj... YouTube: youtu.be/tJqgA4jTtJ8

In this episode of the podcast, together with Hillary White we compare Thomas Pynchon's 1990 satire Vineland with Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another. Give it a listen! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2jCQ... YouTube: youtu.be/cNNOtIRl3iU

Closing 2025 with my first proper interview. I was contacted by Wild Filmmaker Magazine to promote my short film "Never My Love", talk about my inspirations and my hopes for the future of cinema. Give it a read! wildfilmmaker.com/never-my-lov...

Last great news of the year: Never My Love will be screened at the iconic Babylon Kino as part of the Berlin Short Film Festival in February! To have this be shown on the same screen where I watched Metropolis and Fire Walk With Me is a true pleasure. Hope to see some Berlin friends there!

In the final episode of 2025 for Anatomy of an Adaptation, we are joined by Rafael Felix to discuss Cormac McCarthy's The Road, and the 2009 adaptation. Give it a listen! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/77Vc... YouTube: youtu.be/5xGcxLSZFCA

2 years after filming wrapped and 1 year after its festival run, my short film Phantom Touch is now available for free! A long-distance relationship slowly crumbles from afar as the couple reminisces about the last time they saw each other. Vimeo: vimeo.com/887936963 YouTube: youtu.be/V_0C-FfTMRw

Looking for new guests in 2026 for my "book vs film" podcast, dissecting any and all kinds of adaptations. If anyone is interested, drop a comment or DM me and we can set something up.

In this episode of Anatomy of an Adaptation, we are joined by Jakub Flasz to discuss Stephen King's The Running Man, and the 1987 and 2025 adaptations. Give it a listen! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1opG... YouTube: youtu.be/rDOpWq3WDQE

Udo Kier Over 200 films RIP

In this episode of Anatomy of an Adaptation, we are joined by Carson Timar and Hillary White to talk about Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and the 1931, 1994, and 2025 adaptations. Give it a listen! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1gGg... YouTube: youtu.be/aqsk4lvPO7M

In this episode of Anatomy of an Adaptation, we are joined by Carson Timar and Tuomas Kiiskinen to talk about Thomas Savage's The Power of the Dog and the 2021 Jane Campion adaptation. Give it a listen! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7zXi... YouTube: youtu.be/IOdRiqmbRGc

In this episode of Anatomy of an Adaptation, we are joined by Tayls to discuss the 1997 Ryū Murakami novel Audition, and the 1999 Takashi Miike adaptation. Give it a listen! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0ief... YouTube: youtu.be/1FNgN5UZw3M

In this episode of Anatomy of an Adaptation, we are joined by Anthony Leroy to discuss "Who Goes There" by John W. Campbell, the 1951 Howard Hawks adaptation, and the 1982 John Carpenter remake. Give it a listen! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7Fbf... YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=50Iq...

In this episode of Anatomy of an Adaptation, we are joined by Randy Burrows and Jak-Luke Sharp to discuss the 1959 novel Psycho by Robert Bloch, the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock classic, and the Gus Van Sant remake. Give it a listen! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5xOM... YouTube: youtu.be/_j9jR7roQeE

In this episode of the pod, we are joined by host of the Uncut Gems podcast Jakub Flasz (@jakubflasz.bsky.social) to discuss the 1979 Stephen King/Richard Bachman novel The Long Walk, and the 2025 Francis Lawrence adaptation. Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7AxF... YouTube: youtu.be/kDPt6puJpuc

In this episode of Anatomy of an Adaptation, we are joined by critic Chris Santon to discuss the 2020 Stephen King novella The Life of Chuck, and the 2025 Mike Flanagan adaptation. YouTube: youtu.be/jKNWxBMqeRs Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6sX1...

It is official: my short film, Never My Love, will have its Worldwide and European premieres next month! First at the 18th Eerie Horror Fest, then the 10th Queer Film Festival München. Beyond proud of everyone's work on this queer horror, and deeply thankful for the love it has received.

In this episode of Anatomy of an Adaptation, we are joined by critic Rafael Félix to discuss the 1998 Pulitzer-winning novel The Hours by Michael Cunningham, and the 2002 adaptation by Stephen Daldry. Give it a listen! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/791o... YouTube: youtu.be/P0-Oc7ca_OU

In this episode of Anatomy of an Adaptation, we are joined by Timothy Keeley to discuss the 1993 Haruki Murakami short story Barn Burning, and the 2018 adaptation Burning by Lee Chang-Dong. Give it a listen! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7LSa... YouTube: youtu.be/DruVwC5H4uQ

I wrote about 28 Years Later

In this episode of Anatomy of an Adaptation, we are joined by critic Jak-Luke Sharp to discuss the 2004 novel Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, and the 2012 adaptation by the Wachowski Sisters and Tom Tykwer. Give it a listen! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0AVn... YouTube: youtu.be/sCx-S_Eap6Q

In this episode of Anatomy of an Adaptation, we are joined by Hillary White to discuss the 1993 novel The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides, and the 1999 adaptation by Sofia Coppola. Give it a listen! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3CTZ... YouTube: youtu.be/MXCd9q5Q-m8

In this episode of Anatomy of an Adaptation, we are joined by critic Rafael Félix to discuss the 2020 videogame The Last of Us: Part 2 and the 2025 HBO show by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann. Give it a listen! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2XoL... YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AI4...

Today this song came on out of the blue and I was marveling at the sublime beauty of her voice. And now to learn the devastating news of her passing…Rebekah, voice of an Angel. Bless you Beautiful Being on your journey to the Great Beyond. youtu.be/b1YSSpSWSOU?...

In this bonus episode of the podcast, we are joined by Lynch-enthusiast Ivan (@underthefan119.bsky.social) to talk about the three main Twin Peaks tie-in books. Give it a listen! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4NFA... YouTube: youtu.be/7FeA1DivgWc

Really excited to share that my video art project from last year, Rimaniamo Al Buio (a.k.a. Let's Stay in the Dark), has been selected at this year's On Art Film Festival in Poland! More news on when and where coming soon.

We didn't really get to boost CFM during Pride month last year bc it came out in July. Anyway, we wrote a book about the history of transness of cinema. Corpses, Fools and Monsters is a good choice if you're looking for something to read this month. Trans people have always been here, even in movies

In this episode of Anatomy of an Adaptation, we are joined by critic Rafael Félix to discuss the 1961 sci-fi novel Solaris by Stanisław Lem, the 1972 Andrei Tarkovsky film, and the 2002 Steven Soderbergh remake. YouTube: youtu.be/OWBwG9inFSE?... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2GsR...

For Clapper, I wrote the review of the latest Mission: Impossible film. A film of nigh apocalyptic proportions, thrilling and mature if a bit bloated with characters and threads. Give it a read! www.clapperltd.co.uk/home/mission...

In this episode of Anatomy of an Adaptation, we are joined by journalist Ewan Gleadow to talk about Ian Fleming's Casino Royale, the 1967 parody, and the 2006 Daniel Craig reboot. Give it a listen! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1R1K... YouTube: youtu.be/jtlDUKwUzxI

A friend insisted I listen to the episode they did on History, and I figured I'd give it 10 minutes. It was fantastic. Nicolò and co. do great in depth analysis on the adaptive process, and I went on to thank him and dive even deeper into History. Really great conversation!

In this episode of Anatomy of an Adaptation, we are joined by screenwriter Josh Olson (@josholson.bsky.social) to talk about his work adapting A History of Violence and the film's legacy. Give it a listen, it was a blast! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1A3f... YouTube: youtu.be/90nvovWvsGk

There’s never been anyone sexier talking about traffic than Tom Cruise in #MissionImpossible3/ #MissionImpossibleIII. I melt when delivers the line “…because traffic has a memory.”

this internet was a mistake, but sometimes it’s the best thing ever created

Here’s one of my favorite clips of Orson Welles discounting the notion that when it comes to art it’s bros (friends) over hos (movies).

My son James and I send each other links to poems we like. He recently sent me this poem, “Thank You,” by a poet named Ross Gay, who I didn’t know but am now a fan of. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/92120/...

THE SURFER: A film that rivals George Miller's MAD MAX: FURY ROAD and FURIOSA in terms of how it turns Australia into even more of a stiflingly hot hellscape than it already is with great work by Nicolas Cage, this wormed its way into my brain 📽️ My review: www.inlander.com/screen/the-s...

April 2025: life is busy, life is good 💙

Inside Out if it was filmed inside my head

In this episode of Anatomy of an Adaptation, we are joined by critic Rafael Félix to discuss the 1939 novella The Childhood of a Leader by Jean-Paul Sartre and the 2015 film by Brady Corbet. Give it a listen! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0lBN... YouTube: youtu.be/aZQT2lgUTpc

Pretty sure most people are missing the boat on why SINNERS is killing it at the box office. It's not the horror - horror tends to do well and there's better horror movies than this - it's the sex. It's the raw, filthy, sweaty, hungry, wet, horny-as-shit fucking. Ain't called "BLEEDERS," is it?

one of the many things missed by the people who complain about “woke” for a living is that the spread of wokeness is as much of a function of demand as supply