Yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking to Ana Asencio, director of Goat Girl (2025). This conversation is now available wherever you get your podcasts, and the film is now playing this weekend at Cinema Village NYC!
Today's Viewing:
Masters of the Universe
2026 / Sword-and-Sorcery Fantasy Adventure / USA
D: Travis Knight
W: Chris Butler, Aaron Nee, Adam Nee, David Callaham (based on the 1982 toy line by Mattel)
AMC Norwalk 20
What the FUCK was in Spielberg's water in the 2000's, Dawg
Not sure any other Mainstream Filmmaker who lived through that time comes close to having entered the New Millenium with as much madcap visual tenacity as Spielberg did, this was his Punk Era
Guillermo del Toro says AI is a form of "natural stupidity"
“We are on the verge of image illiteracy. We are on the verge of cinema illiteracy... The pact between man and image is sacred, but we are in a time when that is in danger... We are told images can be generated by artificial means. The existence of an image is not just to be there. It is to connect us, to make us feel beauty,” he said.
https://t.co/h1bAYmAQKa
this iconic tracking shot from "wings" (1927), set in a parsian cafe, includes what is often regraded as the first lesbian moment in a mainstream hollywood movie.
The Rundown (Not to Be Confused with the 2003 Action Comedy Starring The Rock and Seann William Scott) 06.13.2026: The Mandalorian and Grogu, Pre-Code Hollywood, Always, and more!
Favorite male actor of each decade:
20s: Charlie Chaplin
30s: Boris Karloff
40s: Humphrey Bogart
50s: Marlon Brando
60s: Paul Newman
70s: Robert De Niro
80s: Harrison Ford
90s: Tom Hanks
00s: Philip Seymour Hoffman
10s: Leonardo DiCaprio
20s: Michael B. Jordan
20s: Buster Keaton
30s: James Cagney
40s: Cary Grant
50s: Montgomery Clift
60s: Paul Newman
70s: Jack Nicholson
80s: Harrison Ford
90s: Denzel Washington
00s: Leonardo DiCaprio
10s: Edward Norton
20s: Paul Mescal
Today's Viewing:
Five Star Final
1931 / Drama / USA
D: Mervyn LeRoy
W: Byron Morgan, Robert Lord (based on the 1930 play by Louis Weitzenkorn)
Video on Demand
Today's Viewing:
The Mandalorian and Grogu
2026 / Sci-fi Action / USA
D: Jon Favreau
W: Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Noah Kloor (continuation of Favreau's 2019 television series "The Mandalorian")
AMC Norwalk 20