Watching Hal Ashby’s 1979 film Being There again after many years. 🎥
Remembering director William Friedkin by watching his great 1977 film Sorcerer. 🎥
Saw Greta Getwig’s 2023 film Barbie in the theatre today and really enjoyed it. There is a lot going on in it and Gerwig threads the needle perfectly. 🎥
Loved the “Subspace Rhapsody” episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. So much fun and did something new with Star Trek. The series feels like a band playing songs that are both familiar and new.🖖🏼🎶
Pan pizza with cheese, mushrooms, and red basil.
Watching the 2022 film Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game directed by Austin Bragg and Meredith Bragg. 🎥
Watching the 1932 film Jewel Robbery directed by William Dieterle in The Criterion Channel’s Kay Francis collection. 🎥
Watching Prano Bailey-Bond’s 2021 film Censor on MUBI. 🎥
Best new-to-me films for July 2023:
Paris Frills,
Showing Up,
The Potemkinists,
Ninjababy,
El Planeta,
PlayTime,
Crime Wave,
Everybody Loves Jeanne,
The Beanie Bubble,
and,
The Pee-wee Herman Show.
Watching the 1935 MGM musical Naughty Marietta directed by W.S. Van Dyke and Robert Z. Leonard on TCM. 🎥