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Today's newsletter is a very extensive and revealing interview with the one and only @J0EGLEAS0N on all things Joe Box, Home Planet, Edy Show Joe, his dishwashing techniques, growing up in NYC, the raw power of Kramer, and much more. Link in thread
"(His favorite book, naturally, is Janet Malcolm’s The Journalist and the Murderer.)"
‘I have no idea how Billy and Elizabeth Holmes are going to react to the film. But everything that’s in there is the truest form of what Nathan Fielder and I experienced dealing with them,’ ‘You Can See Everything’ co-director Lance Oppenheim says. vulture.com/article/lance-op…
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Our book is out TOMORROW and the LA Times wrote about it TODAY!!
latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
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This year's 25 New Faces interviews are up at the @FilmmakerMag substack and as always I continue my tireless mission to secure North Hollywood's rightful place in film history filmmaker.substack.com/p/car…
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EE and COMPLIANCE both like the most major “this is what movies will look like in the future” moments I’ve had in recent years, I really admire those involved in these works that idk and really proud of my friends. Stoked that people are getting to see such cool work :))
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I talked with James Gray. About PAPER TIGER, Gowanus, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Pattinson, celluloid, Cassavetes, Hitchcock, late style, RAGING BULL, C-Span… things of that nature. vulture.com/article/its-alwa…
THE HISTORY OF CONCRETE is out this weekend in NYC! you can revisit my profile of John Wilson from August once you've seen vulture.com/article/john-wil…
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Had the pleasure of talking with Kyle Mangione-Smith (@gay_kyle2), whose debut feature film COMPLIANCE is simultaneously a DIY political thriller & found-footage horror. It's a major highlight of this year's @fantasticfest. We talked about security cameras, screenlife, and more.
"If I set my mind on something, it becomes the only thing I think about and want to do… I will borderline fuck my life over to accomplish it." —Kyle Mangione-Smith
@misterminsoo talks with @gay_kyle2 about his new film COMPLIANCE, which plays at this year's @fantasticfest
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Congratulations to alums Tom Pelphrey and Katie Dippold, who both won Emmy Awards on Monday evening. Pelphrey won for Outstanding Supporting Actor in the Drama Series Task, while Dippold earned two Emmys for her work on the horror-comedy series Widow's Bay. #rutgerspride
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ICYMI: this old head is honored to be among this year's 25 New Faces of Film in @FilmmakerMag !
A thousand thank-yous to @44getting and @celizotte for pole-vaulting me into the pantheon and David Cardoza + Dan Welch of Cashiers du Cinema or capturing my likeness!
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the power of SUBSTACK’S OWN FRAN MAGAZINE @franhoepfner
Larry McMurtry's classic ‘Lonesome Dove’ novel is returning to television as a Netflix drama series
The streamer has greenlighted the project from Zoe Kazan and Jeb Stuart, co-showrunners of Netflix's upcoming ‘East of Eden’ limited series, and Teton Ridge Entertainment
See more details: deadline.com/2026/09/lonesom…
well well well if it isn't a generational talent back at it again....................
Wrote about losing my content writing job to AI and then getting hooked on predatory AI-facilitated payday loan apps for @thebafflermag thebaffler.com/salvos/paid-p…
Cried reading this :/
Had an emotional, revealing breakfast with Widow's Bay breakout Kate O'Flynn during her first-ever trip to LA, as she wraps Emmys press while preparing to unveil her next brilliant turn—in Mike Leigh's final film: hollywoodreporter.com/movies…
