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    Woodstock Film Festival 2026: My Journal

    I got a press pass for the Woodstock Film Festival and my friend Adam Schartoff (host of the great–nearing 1000 episodes!--Filmwax podcast, WKZE DJ and a programmer for the Woodstock Film Festival) invited me to stay with him while I attended it. Here is my diary of my four days at what turned out to be one of the most fun and intimate film...

    Every Film & TV Series I Watched in 2025

    FILMS I SAW IN 2025 (unless dated, released this year) The Feeling That the Time For Doing Something Has Passed (2023) My First Film (2024) The Damned (2024) A Real Pain (2024) Bigger Than Life (1956) The Andersonville Trial (1970) His Girl Friday (1940) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) Sherlock Holmes: The Secret Weapon (1942) The Spider Woman (1944) The Woman in Green (1945) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) Destination Tokyo (1943) Dressed to Kill (1946) Terror...
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    “Soundtrack for a Coup D’etat,” “Hangdog,” “Murdering the Devil” and “The House From…”

    "Soundtrack for a Coup D'etat" is a fascinating and highly entertaining study of the unexpected relationship between some famous Jazz musicians and the C.I.A.-backed...

    “My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock” at the Quad, 10/25

    Mark Cousins, director of the landmark series "The Story of Film: An Odyssey," lets the master of suspense tell his own story in the...

    2024 New York Film Festival: My Ten Favorite Films

    For the first time in awhile I got to attend the New York Film Festival press and industry screenings in person (rather than just...

    Post-Partum Depression Comedy “Another Happy Day” Streaming 10/1

    "Another Happy Day," a new indie comedy about a first-time mother's post-partum depression is hilarious and acted to perfection. It begins streaming Tuesday, October...

    Noirish German Sci-Fi Film “Universal Theory” Opens 9/27 at the Quad Cinema

    "Universal Theory" is a German film that blends science fiction and film noir tropes in a visually impressive manner recalling Hitchcock and Orson Welles...

    Elizabeth Banks Medical Drama “A Mistake” In Theaters 9/20

    Elizabeth Banks plays a New Zealand surgeon whose life is turned upside down after making a flawed decision during a routine surgery in "A...

    Body Horror/Comedy Indie “Booger” Opens at Quad Cinema (NYC) and on VOD

    "Booger" combines body horror tropes with a winning comedic script and fine performances by a cast of indie actors. It opens today at the...

    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...