It was a great panel. Sorry I had to bolt and couldn’t say hi.

Understandable that you want followers to know, so not blaming you. Just frustrating to find the paywall. Maybe you could warn it’s paywalled in the original post?

Behind a paywall, alas.

What a stupid fucking take. In a year virtually every director will be using AI to some extent, if they aren’t already. He’s just the first major director to acknowledge it

This is an ICE agent at TSA. Post their unmasked faces everywhere.

Respectfully disagree.

Sending best wishes, Matt. Where’s the store so I can buy me some books?

I’ll be there!

Done, as well. Where’s the bookstore, do you know?

Matt is a treasure. So is the bookstore. Avail yourselves!

Very solid list but where’s Sentimental Value?

Uh oh. We never met.

I know you’re not looking for films but the documentary Sacred by Thomas Lennon is stunningly beautiful and I think would make a great fit. (I can’t seem to include a link but google it)

Very moody here tonight.

And to my shock and surprise, I’ve found I love writing.

(Btw, you may not be fishing but I’ll bite anyway. You ARE great at it.)

I don’t consider myself a writer, I’m a documentary filmmaker. But ever since I launched a Substack 3 months ago and decided a new post needs to come out weekly, well, maybe I am at that. And once I ask for paid subscriptions (soon, very soon!) I can even call myself a professional writer, woo hoo!

I’m tired of Instagram so I’m posting my photos here. Hopefully will provide a bit of relief from all the non-stop wretched news.

Not free 😬

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NYC today

After sundown last night.

Nobody sees my Bluesky posts, so I’ll put up some favorite photos here and there for my own amusement.

James Mangold, Timothee Chalamet, Elle Fanning and Edward Norton after a rousing Academy screening of “A Complete Unknown” last night.

This has been making the rounds.

This is good

An ever-changing film about art and creativity that itself is a work of art. And in this age of generative AI, could well go down as a landmark in cinema.

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget