Beetlejuice Beetlejuice [2024]
1. Nothing but 1990s vinyl.
2. Pep talk from cue cards.
3. Cameo by Baseball Zombie.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice [2024]
1. Nothing but 1990s vinyl.
2. Pep talk from cue cards.
3. Cameo by Baseball Zombie.
See No Evil [1971]
1. A bracelet engraved with JACKO.
2. Bloody bathwater draining through a downspout.
3. The idiocy of leaving her alone after she’s been attacked twice.
Dracula: Dead and Loving It [1995]
1. He tells him to keep the handkerchief.
2. “The creatures of the night. What a mess they make.”
3. Cricket leg.
Man in the Attic [1953]
1. Teasing him about his loud shoes.
2. Burning his ulster in the kitchen stove.
3. Her dressing room attendant is an Indian woman.
How Dark My Love [2025]
1. After purchasing a few of Coleman’s paintings, Iggy Pop gets rid of his TV set. He can just sit at home and watch the art.
2. Heated discussion about stiletto heels squashing small fish.
3. John Waters is a guest at their wedding.
It Ends [2025]
1. “Fair” as riposte.
2. An expanded wardrobe cobbled together from the spoils of abandoned vehicles.
3. A frozen traffic jam and then a sign.
Ghostlight [2024]
1. Arriving home at dawn after the cast party.
2. Defiantly walking in the middle of the street.
3. Sitting across from each other, their foreheads touching.
Well, for now anyway … I will be at the screenings in Tryon and San Jose; if you make it out, please say hi!
And here’s a lovely new review of the film by Jared Mobarak: “[Wendy] Robie becomes an enigmatic reminder that we mustn’t only give into the automated routine of convenience to transport an audience through time and space. We only need a good drink and a willing ear.”
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, 2025: San Jose International Short Film Festival, CA
[“All The World’s A Stage” program @ 2:00PM]
Union [2024]
1. Laptop propped up using Monopoly.
2. Container ship named CAPITAL.
3. A two-hour commute via MTA.
One Battle After Another [2025]
1. “Do the revolution, baby. Do the revolution.”
2. Reciting lines from The Battle of Algiers.
3. Suite 55.