“Fly Me to the Moon” began life as “In Other Words”, in waltz time. Sinatra asked QUINCY JONES for a swing rearrangement - and here's the iconic result (at a benefit in St Louis in ‘65) with Q conducting the Count Basie Orchestra. RIP Q. And thank you. x.com/hollywoodfilmt…

I already wanted to be a filmmaker by the time Goldmember came out but I distinctly remember this scene solidifying my “this is all I wanna do” vibe at age 8

extremely strong closing message

bought vintage suits for a wedding this weekend but I need derek guy’s verdict on them

becoming a retvrn guy but just for Great Lakes lighthouse stamps

cannot believe how much I'd be thriving in NYC right now. City Center Ragtime, Audra in Gypsy, Oh Mary, Stereophonic, Picture of Dorian Gray, Vanya, and now GATZ IS BACK AT THE PUBLIC?!

not to post "Austin Powers is the reason I'm a filmmaker" again but this unlocked the memory of being 4 years old and trying to find the strings holding Mike Meyers up in the air during the freeze-frame jump because I wanted to know how I could film that too

almost certainly related to how making fun of strangers on social media makes people afraid to have fun in public

Y'all worried about the price of eggs, I'm worried if I'll be legally defined as a human being tomorrow. We are not the same.

He’s going to inherit another booming economy and immediately start taking credit for record unemployment and stock market gains. After a full year of calling it the worst in the world. And he’ll crash it all over again and leave the mess for a Democrat to clean up, again.

> be democrats > pull the economy out of a crater > rebuild manufacturing in the USA > pump up the stock markets to record highs > bring unemployment to the lowest rate in decades > lose

I'm really hung up on the fluoride like, that's my friend

can’t believe I watched “Idiocracy” for a fun pre-election laugh and now they’re gonna abolish the Department of Education next year

gonna take my doom scrolling over to bluesky for a bit. see how it feels. themovieman(dot)bsky(dot)social

Posting these for the former friend who chose to be smug and double down on “aCtuALLy it’s the homeowners fault for living there with the current California insurance situation.” Hope you’re doing well, man. Hope you learn empathy someday. Peace.

wow thank you for telling me the movie was a “flop.” didn’t know this. as a person who enjoys art based on how much money it makes, this is important information. kiss me on the mouth

The feeling of seeing these moments from the past few years on the big screen in a dark room with a packed audience will never come close to the feeling of seeing them at home. Long live the theatrical experience.

Thesis on the decline of art: authors, musicians and filmmakers are, like us, always on their phones, and thus no longer forced to creatively contend with the silence and boredom that used to be an inescapable reality of everyday life