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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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    Fernando Di Leo Retrospective at Metrograph Begins Sept. 13

    After working as an uncredited screenwriter on Sergio Leone’s Man with No Name cycle, Fernando Di Leo made a series of popular "spaghetti crime"...

    Sublime, Poetic Documentary “Happy Campers” Streaming Now

    In the 1960's my maternal grandmother lived alone in a small trailer by the yacht basin in Carolina Beach, North Carolina. My mother often...

    Bread & Oysters: “Mother of All Lies” at Alamo Drafthouse Liberty & “Holding Back The Tide” at DCTV Firehouse Sept. 6

    Two must-see documentaries open in New York City this Friday, September 6. "Mother of All Lies" is a beautiful and powerfully moving Moroccan film...

    “#Untruth: The Psychology Of Trumpism” streams Sept. 3

    A follow-up to the 2020 documentary "#Unfit: The Psychology Of Donald Trump," "#Untruth: The Psychology Of Trumpism" continues to examine the authoritarian strategy and...

    “The Becomers” opens August 23 at Cinema Village

    In 2013 I was introduced to director and editor Zach Clark's unique talents as a satirist when I saw his third indie film "White...

    “Ultimate Caligula” opens at Alamo Drafthouse in NYC August 14

    The 1980 film "Caligula," though a reasonable success in the U.S. (and a bigger one in Europe) was met with derision by film critics....

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