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Patreon update #8: Carnival of Souls, Upstream Color & The Shanghai Gesture...
The podcast's second triple feature covers three disparate films - a low-budget cult classic from the sixties, a recent sci-fi art film, and a decadent piece of Hollywood exotica. All three tell...
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#10YearsOfLostInTheMovies starts now
Last night, continuing today and for ninety-eight more days after that, I'm celebrating the upcoming tenth anniversary of Lost in the Movies as follows:#10YearsOfLostInTheMovies begins right now - a...
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Patreon update #9: High and Low & Elephant (+ podcast recommendations & more)
This week's podcast features a couple intense movies with very different approaches to violence. The first film in focus is an Akira Kurosawa masterpiece, enveloping the viewer in the ever-shifting...
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Pay Dirt!: discussing my Patreon podcast w/ Twin Peaks Unwrapped
A few months since my last appearance on Twin Peaks Unwrapped, Ben and Bryon invited me on to discuss my own recent work. Ben became a patron of Lost in the Movies in February, and wanted to share the...
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Patreon update #10: Rogue One, Brawl in Cell Block 99 & Marie Antoinette (+...
There's not so much Twin Peaks in the podcast this week (there will be more, and especially more Lynch, on Patreon in a few days) but before highlighting this episode I'd point you to the third tier...
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New entries every day (until the 10th anniversary in July)
I had big plans for this winter and spring, but one by one various projects have been postponed. Nonetheless, I want to start posting more frequently - every day through mid-summer to be exact - for...
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Viewing diary: first season of Breaking Bad begins tomorrow
Although binging has become the premiere way to view old shows - after all, why delay the gratification when you don't have to? - I've recently been taking a starkly different approach (in some cases,...
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Breaking Bad - "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1)
Welcome to my viewing diary for Breaking Bad. Every week on the same day I will offer a short review of another episode. I have never seen this series before so there will be NO spoilers.Story (aired...
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Breaking Bad - "Cat's in the Bag..." (season 1, episode 2)
Welcome to my viewing diary for Breaking Bad. Every week on the same day I will offer a short review of another episode. I have never seen this series before so there will be NO spoilers.Story (aired...
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Patreon update #11: David Lynch's Cinema - Connecting Eraserhead & Inland...
Afternoon update: I have added an important announcement about a change in the Films in Focus second/third tier rewards.With over an hour of content devoted purely to the work of David Lynch (out of a...
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Breaking Bad - "...And the Bag's in the River" (season 1, episode 3)
Welcome to my viewing diary for Breaking Bad. Every week on the same day I will offer a short review of another episode. I have never seen this series before so there will be NO spoilers.Story (aired...
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Breaking Bad - "Cancer Man" (season 1, episode 4)
Welcome to my viewing diary for Breaking Bad. Each day (except Saturday) I am offering a short review of another episode until concluding the first season. Later seasons will be covered at another...
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Breaking Bad - "Gray Matter" (season 1, episode 5)
Welcome to my viewing diary for Breaking Bad. Each day (except Saturday) I am offering a short review of another episode until concluding the first season. Later seasons will be covered at another...
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Breaking Bad - "Crazy Handful of Nothin'" (season 1, episode 6)
Welcome to my viewing diary for Breaking Bad. Each day (except Saturday) I am offering a short review of another episode until concluding the first season. Later seasons will be covered at another...
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Breaking Bad - "A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal" (season 1, episode 7)
Welcome to my viewing diary for Breaking Bad. Each day (except Saturday) I am offering a short review of another episode until concluding the first season. Later seasons will be covered at another...
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FINAL WEEK - What will I watch? Until 4/1, 2nd tier patrons pick a film I'll...
Select a Subject for "Film in Focus"From now through March 31, if you become a $5/month patron I will cover a film of your choice on my podcast this summer. To be clear, you don't have to remain at...
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Patreon update #12: Pi (+ Parts 17/18 as Frost/Lynch versions of the same...
Episode 12 offers my first opportunity to discuss Darren Aronofsky; like Sofia Coppola, P.T. Anderson, and Christopher Nolan, he's a filmmaker of a certain generation that I haven't talked about in...
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Viewing diary: first season of Mad Men begins tomorrow
Hopefully you enjoyed my ride through the first season of Breaking Bad, from an episode I'd watched several times before to an episode I'd never seen before. My journey into Mad Men will take a similar...
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Mad Men - "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (season 1, episode 1)
Welcome to my viewing diary for Mad Men. Most days (except Saturday) I am offering a short review of another episode until concluding the first season. Later seasons will be covered at another time. I...
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Mad Men - "Ladies Room" (season 1, episode 2)
Welcome to my viewing diary for Mad Men. Most days (except Saturday) I am offering a short review of another episode until concluding the first season. Later seasons will be covered at another time. I...
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