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    “Getaway Car” Playlist

    Whenever I work on a screenplay I put together a playlist of songs that suggest the mood of the film. They aren't necessarily songs I hope wind up on the soundtrack if the film ever gets made but playing them while I write helps to maintain the tone I'm looking for in the story. After finishing a TV Pilot that took me forever to finish I'm now back to work on a bank heist film I've been thinking about for years. "Getaway Car" began with an idea about a...

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    Horror/Comedy “Jethica” Premieres Feb. 14 on Fandor

    I don’t know if Fandor is premiering “Jethica” (which won a top award at last year’s Brooklyn Horror Film Festival) on February 14 because...

    New Jean Rollin Doc Premieres on Arrow Streaming

    I confess I have never seen any of Jean Rollin’s films, but a new documentary about him has whetted my appetite for his work....

    “Huesera: The Bone Woman” opens in theaters today

    Making the threatened protagonist in a horror film a pregnant woman is a surefire way to double the anxiety and fear a spectator experiences....

    “Attachment” premieres on Shudder

    The 2022 horror film “Attachment” (premiering February 9 on the Shudder streaming service) takes its name from “dybbuk,” a term from Jewish mythology describing...

    My 2023 Oscar Picks

    A lot of film lovers don’t watch the Oscar broadcast because they think it’s uncool. They don’t watch SNL because it hasn’t been good...

    Every Movie I Saw In 2022

    Here is a list of every film/documentary/TV mini-series I watched in 2022 in the order I watched them. Titles in boldface are narrative features,...

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