Sitemap - 2021 - Under the Hollywood Sign
"Woman in the Dunes": Teshigahara's 1964 Masterpiece, and Abe and Takemitsu's Too
Revelling In Ryusuke Hamaguchi's "Drive My Car"
"No Time To Die" and Its Groovy 1960s Forebearer
Rediscovering "In Search of Lost Time"
Remembering Juzo Itami's "The Funeral"
Val Kilmer's Indelible Brilliance
Val Kilmer Considers His Faith
"Roadrunner": Anthony Bourdain's Final Fuck-You
Going To The Movies, Post-Pandemic
Discovering My Shetland roots, and "Shetland"
My First Job Was On Japanese TV
The Architectural Jewel Of The ‘64 Tokyo Olympics
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's No Good, Very Bad Year
A Party at Monte's House, July 1989
The Universal Appeal of "Shtisel"
2020: A Year Like No Other For Women Directors
I'm Just Living In Mark's House
"Promising Young Woman": Emerald Fennell's Candy-Covered Poison Pill
Naomi Kawase's "True Mothers”: Japan’s Superb Entry for the Academy Award
Michelle Pfeiffer Deserves Better Than A "French Exit"
Cannibalism: The Ultimate Career Killer
Some Things About Yukio Mishima
The Endless Appeal of Writers' Schedules
My current writing and film projects, and what I'm reading and watching