Given that this interview actually was clickbaited by multiple accounts that drew 10s of thousands of likes (and linked to us-thx!), I can officially report this led to no significant boost in traffic to the article. People literally do not read anything other than tweets.

This month, I attended a series of outdoor screenings, in addition to one hosted at a sauna-like studio, so here’s my report on the fun of watching movies outside in spite of bad weather and mosquitoes: screenslate.com/articles/feedb…

Check out Dick Fontaine’s excellent portrait of Sonny Rollins Le Cinéma Club for this week only: lecinemaclub.com/now-showing/wh…

Now showing: WHO IS SONNY ROLLINS? a warm portrait of the saxophone colossus by DICK FONTAINE.  A rare glimpse of Sonny Rollins at a career turning-point made by a cinema vérité pioneer who also filmed James Baldwin and Ornette Coleman. For one week on lecinemaclub.com.

This week, @nicopsetzer on Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theater, three surprise episodes of which are screening at the 4 Star Theater presented by Media Meltdown Movie Madhouse on Sunday: screenslate.com/articles/shell…

This week, I wrote about Shelley Duvall’s fantastic and fantastical FAERIE TALE THEATRE for Screen Slate SF Bay . Doing so, I naturally got a bit reflective and offered my thoughts on her singular talents as an artist—go read the piece! screenslate.com/articles/shell…

Yeah, I just watched it on the plane—quite terrible…

Now showing: SHERMAN’S MARCH a summer trip across the American South by ROSS MCELWEE. This cult classic retraces an infamous Civil War path as the filmmaker looks for love in the wake of a bad break-up. For two weeks on lecinemaclub.com.

I wrote about SHERMAN’S MARCH for Le Cinéma Club — go check it out: lecinemaclub.com/now-showing/sh…

genuinely believe that if haven’t seen Sherman’s March you’re faking it—as a film lover, a reply guy, a nervously self-aware progressive and culturally savvy beta male. once you watch it you’ll agree with me

I interviewed India Donaldson for Le Cinéma Club — you can read the Q&A via the link below.

Air France playing Daft Punk’s “Verdis Quo” before and after landing is actually pretty cool…

Now showing: CYCLING THE FRAME a rare time-capsule of pre-reunification Berlin by CYNTHIA BEATT Young Tilda Swinton bikes around West Berlin’s 160 km in this daring and whimsical short by the British filmmaker.  For two weeks on lecinemaclub.com.

Is your rent too high? Is your home being demolished? Does everything need fixed? Was your security stolen? Landlords get away with murder. Now it's their turn to pay. Screen Slate Presents KILL YR LANDLORDS Oct 2-14 at Anthology Film Archives Full schedule live anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screening…

KILL YR LANDLORDS Artwork by Michael DeForge When rent strike fails, strike back Oct 2-14 at Anthology Film Archives Schedule: anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screening…

Locarno dispatch is up Screen Slate, tag-teamed with Öykü Sofuoğlu and Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer. Decided to just talk about films I liked. Better than trashing everything, I think. screenslate.com/articles/locar…

Dispatch #1 for Screen Slate — On short films at Locarno, among other things: screenslate.com/articles/locar…

In the latest edition of Feedback Loop for Screen Slate, I wrote about full houses. Read here: screenslate.com/articles/feedb…

Why is everyone calling Tsangari’s new film her English-language debut when her first movie was literally in English?

I don’t have the stamina to write coherent TIFF capsules so I will be assigning a Rothko to each film I see instead! To begin: VIET AND NAM (Truong Minh Quy) Black on Maroon, 1958