TCM peeps: Here is a new 12-minute Original Production about how this party got started... Produced and directed by me. Edited by Rob Hampton of Splat Pictures. #TCMHQ #TCMParty youtube.com/watch?v=oU_RLM…

New episode! Sofia Coppola’s debut feature, The Virgin Suicides (2000), remains just as enigmatic today. We discuss its background (including the Making Of, directed by Sofia’s mother, the late Eleanor Coppola), its arthouse approach to teens, & a lot more directorswall.com/episodes/2024/…

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I did a round up of some of the late Donald Sutherland’s best films on Book and Film Globe bookandfilmglobe.com/creators/actor…

New Episode! We're having relaxing times with Suntory Time and Bill Murray & Scarlett Johansson in Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation. We discuss the performances, the 2003 Oscars, Spike Jonze's HER, and much more. directorswall.com/episodes/2024/…

New Episode! Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette was booed at Cannes & heavily criticized for its use of modern music & lack of accents yet it may have just been ahead of its time. We discuss Sofia's approach to the historical figure, the music, cast, & more directorswall.com/episodes/2024/…

New Episode! Spoiler Alert! The M. Night Shift is back. We discuss in spoiler detail the latest M. Night Shyamalan experience: TRAP. We talk about Josh Hartnett's great performance, the curious casting of Haley Mills, likely influences on Shyamalan & more directorswall.com/episodes/2024/…

New episode! To help us breakdown Sofia Coppola’s “experimental” Somewhere we are joined by Jenny McKeown, programmer of the A Woman of Taste film series. We talk about “arthouse” style, cinematographer Harris Savides, Stephen Dorff’s career, & more directorswall.com/episodes/2024/…

Now Hiring for the Holiday Bazaar - mailchi.mp/bluegenieartba…

I did a round up of some of the late, great Maggie Smith’s best roles for Book and Film Globe (that aren’t Harry Potter or Downton Abbey) - give it a click for the Dame! bookandfilmglobe.com/creators/the-b… #RIPMaggieSmith #classicfilm

How has no one said “Say the Dance Do the Dance” yet? The version with Emma, Lachy, Simon, and Anthony is great!

🎃 Explore Our Halloween Gifts Online - mailchi.mp/bluegenieartba…

We are in need of a great debate about…Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis. We discuss the performances, the wild random & unforgettable scenes & dialogue(spoiler alerts!), Coppola’s big swings of the past, and how we were surprised by our own reactions directorswall.com/episodes/2024/…

RIP Teri Garr. A favorite actress of mine, unfortunately sidelined too soon by MS. I did a clip round up on Book and Film Globe , give it a click. And watch Young Frankenstein this Halloween! bookandfilmglobe.com/creators/a-tri…

Well, at least it's not live-action Disney--yet. bookandfilmglobe.com/film/moana-2-w…

New episode! For our Christmas special we discuss a Christmas special: Sofia Coppola's A Very Murray Christmas. At first this seems like holiday melancholy but we find that it is filled with holiday joy and many of Sofia’s favorite themes & trademarks directorswall.com/episodes/2024/…

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On Book and Film Globe : A Minecraft Movie is a massive hit, but is it any good? (Not really.) Does that matter? (Also no.) bookandfilmglobe.com/film/a-minecra…