Enjoy MY LAST MARTINI in September and October

My Last Martini is screening like bananas over the next few months. Hope you can make it to one of these shows!


September 14, 2025Lake County Film Festival, Lake Forest, IL


September 14, 2025: Soo Film Festival, Sault Ste. Marie, MI

[Block 11 – Welcome HOMES @ 10:30AM]


September 20, 2025: City Of Lights Film Festival (COLFF), Aurora, IL

[Screening Block 3 @ 6:00PM]


September 28, 2025: Maumee Film Festival, OH

[Shorts Block #9 – More National and International Shorts @ 1:45PM]


September 27, 2025: Tallahassee Film Festival, FL

[Shorts 3 – Artificial Flavors, Real Feeling @ 3:15PM]


October 3, 2025: Sheboygan Film Festival, WI

[Shorts Block 2: Weird Wisconsin @ 2:30PM]


October 10, 2025: Buffalo International Film Festival, NY

[BIFF Shorts: Never Too Late @ 4:45PM]


October 12, 2025: Tryon International Film Festival, NC

[Shorts Program @ 4:15PM]


October 19, 2025San Jose International Short Film Festival, CA

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3 things about Percy Adlon’s BAGDAD CAFE

Bagdad Cafe [1987]

1. After sipping the coffee: “Brown water.”
2. Silverware transformed into a percussion instrument.
3. Fuchsia silk shirt.

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3 things about Stanley Kubrick’s SPARTACUS

Spartacus [1960]

1. Flaming logs rolling down a vast hill.
2. “Politics is a practical profession. If a criminal has what you want, you do business with him.”
3. Squab and honey with melon.

3 other things.

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3 things about Kevin Smith’s MALLRATS

Mallrats [1995]

1. Superman getting it on with Wonder Woman.
2. He later shakes Stan Lee’s hand, completely forgetting that it smells like shit.
3. Excruciatingly unfunny running gag about Magic Eye.

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3 things about Naomi Yang’s NEVER BE A PUNCHING BAG FOR NOBODY

Never Be A Punching Bag for Nobody [2023]

1. A magnificent park designed by Frederick Law Olmstead is razed … in order to lengthen an airport runway.
2. Watching the video footage, she realizes her hands weren’t always up even though she thought they were.
3. Being chased by a bicycle, chasing the bicycle.

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3 things about Katsuhiro Ôtomo & Kôji Morimoto & Tensai Okamura’s MEMORIES

Memories [1995]

1. A feast that looks beautiful but is actually inedible.
2. Thick bodies, tiny heads.
3. We are never shown who the war is being fought against.

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3 things about Robert Lee King’s PSYCHO BEACH PARTY

Psycho Beach Party [2000]

1. Prunes at the diner.
2. “I’m having trouble with my pants. Whenever I put my hand in the pocket, I feel a little prick.”
3. Sex Kittens Go Bossa Nova.

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3 things about Steven Spielberg’s CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND

Close Encounters of the Third Kind [1977]

1. An attempt to corral the ducks.
2. Magnetic manipulations in the cab of the truck.
3. As soon as the helicopter departs, they gratefully remove their gas masks.

3 other things.

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3 things about David Lean’s LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

Lawrence of Arabia [1962]

1. “Here you may drink. One cup.”
2. The tiniest black dot on the horizon.
3. He gaily skips through the entryway to catch up with the soldiers. Discussion of a new squash court.

3 other things.

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3 things about Joseph L. Mankiewicz’ CLEOPATRA

Cleopatra [1963]

1. A wink.
2. Setting the toy boats on fire.
3. Movement in the basket of figs.

3 other things.

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