Watching Aaron Pierre in Jeremy Saulnier’s REBEL RIDGE is to watch a genuine movie star being born. He is abso-fucking-lutely electric in every frame of the picture. Wish you could’ve seen it on the big screen too and not just Friday on Netflix.

Do something that scares you every day. If you do that, then each day, little by little, you will be scared. Every day will be scary, and your life will be very scary. 💫

Went in blind and A24’s THE FRONT ROOM might be the most WEIRD and WILD theatrical experience I’ve had all year. I was HOWLING

"If Harris wins I'm moving to another country" Oh so you think people should be able to cross international borders to leave a political situation they don't want to be in? 🤔

There’s ANOTHER screenplay formatting controversy on Screenwriting Twitter today, so it’s a great time to remind you: You can bend the rules however you want as long as the writing is compelling. Great writing always trumps dogma.

Five years ago at Del Howison’s: the Nightmare Cinema DVD signing! Joe Dante DAVID A SLADE Joe Russo Richard Band

That happened?

Guys, it’s simple. If your script is being tossed out because it doesn’t follow the “screenwriting rules” to the letter… The real problem is your characters, story and writing aren’t compelling enough yet. If those things are great, readers don’t pay attention to the “rules”.

THE SUBSTANCE destroyed Cannes. THE SUBSTANCE destroyed TIFF. THE SUBSTANCE is coming to destroy the People’s Republic. Prepare your bodies, comrades. 9.13 American Cinematheque

After spending an entire day getting a new air conditioner installed during the worst LA heatwave in years, we earned this ‘za.

fievel the mouse writes AN AMERICAN TAIL on a white board *execs nod* fievel adds FIEVEL GOES WEST *execs lean in* fievel turns WEST into WE$T *execs go wild*

Still can’t believe they haven’t released a trailer yet for SPEAK NO EVIL and it comes out Friday.

People in LA the past couple days:

It's official! Coralie Fargeat's mindbending-body-breaking-chaos-maker, THE SUBSTANCE, is obliterating American Cinematheque's Aero Theatre this Friday at 7:30. Screening is FREE courtesy of MUBI RSVP now and The Substance now shorturl.at/5kjr6

An icon wherever he performed, James Earl Jones didn’t just help make STAR WARS what it is, he helped define THE SIMPSONS Treehouse of Horror.

9-9-99 Twenty five years ago.