People seemed somewhat amused to read my post from last week, “Pissing People Off.” I am probably using this blog too much to vent. It’s...

We are sadly coming up on the one-year anniversary of a family tragedy, the suicide of my cousin, Lawrence “Larry” Gellar. He was only...

Before I get going, can I ask a favor please? It’s super easy, there’s no catch. Can you visit my IMDb page? I just want to see if a few...

This will probably be the most presumptuous and ridiculous article I could write on this blog—wherein I, a lifetime loner and weirdo,...

I was saddened to learn of the death of Professor James (Jim) Maraniss, from a heart attack on January 9. He was 76. “Jim” was one of my...

I was a young boy in the early 1980s, and I distinctly remember the dread of the Cold War—the feeling that any minute, now, we would look...

Above is a picture I took of my best friend and roommate at Amherst College, Harris Wulfson, at our graduation in May 1996. I wouldn’t...

I want to give a shout-out today to one of my favorite people, John(ny) Bender, and one of my favorite Facebook groups, The Retro Euro...

My daughter (7) drew the above as part of a school assignment. It thought it was hilarious. I would like to produce movies and...

I’ve wanted to write this piece for some time, but have put it off because it’s a little complicated—and, also, personal and emotional....

I was very sad to learn that the great comic book artist George Pérez announced a pancreatic cancer diagnosis. He is truly one of the...

Happy final (eighth) night of Hanukah. Here we are rocking TWO tabletop menorahs—plus a third Lego menorah!

Scott Saslow is a terrific graphic designer who followed Film Score Monthly for years as a passionate soundtrack collector. When I was...

Hanukah is when Jewish kids learn they’re not like the other kids. No Christmas! We do Hanukah. But it is eight nights, which is fun....

Arne Starr is a comic book inker—and a very good one—and also an actor, which I didn’t realize until I just looked him up: IMDB, Memory...

Here I am on Wednesday after my Covid booster shot. I got a flu shot in the other arm at the same time. They gave me the cool red...

Yesterday was November 23rd. And it fell on a Tuesday. This rang a bell because it was on a Tuesday, November 23, 1993—28 years...

Hi folks, don’t be alarmed, but apparently our neighborhood squirrels have learned how to pick a slice of pizza out of the trash and...

There’s no dignified way to write a begging letter. And I should know, I’ve written a lot of them! Here’s my best attempt from a Screen...

I guess this is as good a time as any to see if anybody wants to watch these silly home movies that my brothers and I made circa 1989–91....