Lukas Kendall, Writer/Filmmaker/Producer

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    Wil Wheaton
    Lukas Kendall
    • 3 hours ago
    • 3 min

    Wil Wheaton

    Like most fans of my generation, I knew Wil Wheaton as the terrific star of Stand by Me, and was encouraged when he was announced in 1987...
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    R.I.P. Vangelis
    Lukas Kendall
    • 6 days ago
    • 2 min

    R.I.P. Vangelis

    I was posting my column yesterday about an old Star Trek episode when I saw that Vangelis died. Truly, this is a far more consequential...
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    The Popular!
    Lukas Kendall
    • May 18
    • 5 min

    The Popular!

    Yesterday I posted an album of John Williams pictures to Facebook that we collected over the years. It was, naturally, well-received, and...
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    Checking In...
    Lukas Kendall
    • May 16
    • 1 min

    Checking In...

    That lunar eclipse was pretty cool. I remember a solar eclipse, I think in 1996 (I was at college) which brought a veil of darkness onto...
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    Gloria Bell
    Lukas Kendall
    • May 11
    • 1 min

    Gloria Bell

    Gloria Bell is a 2018 film by Chilean filmmaker Sebastián Lelio, an American adaptation of his 2013 film, Gloria. I never even knew this...
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    Black Sunday Disco
    Lukas Kendall
    • May 8
    • 1 min

    Black Sunday Disco

    Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! Having nothing to do with that, Tim Greiving, journalist extraordinaire, posted this film...
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    Better Call Saul
    Lukas Kendall
    • May 6
    • 1 min

    Better Call Saul

    The pandemic wreaked havoc with a lot of production schedules—consequently a number of shows are finally coming back with long-awaited...
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    May the Fourth Be With You—Star Wars Holiday
    Lukas Kendall
    • May 4
    • 2 min

    May the Fourth Be With You—Star Wars Holiday

    When did May 4th become the Star Wars holiday? It’s not even the release date—that was May 25, 1977. I looked it up, and it somehow has...
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    Winning Time Theme
    Lukas Kendall
    • May 3
    • 1 min

    Winning Time Theme

    I am loving Winning Time! And I say that as a lifelong Boston sports fan. The title sequence is terrific: I had been unsure whether the...
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    Lords of Synth
    Lukas Kendall
    • May 1
    • 1 min

    Lords of Synth

    A shout-out today to one of my favorite short films of all time: Live at the Necropolis: The Lords of Synth (2016), which aired on Adult...
    63 views0 comments
    THX 1138—Poking the Bear
    Lukas Kendall
    • Apr 25
    • 2 min

    THX 1138—Poking the Bear

    So this whole column is a nothingburger: turns out I was remembering something wrong! The name of R2-D2 famously came from postproduction...
    376 views0 comments
    David Carbonara New Single
    Lukas Kendall
    • Apr 19
    • 1 min

    David Carbonara New Single

    One of my all-time favorite shows is Mad Men. That’s not exactly an outlier opinion. So I was delighted to learn that composer David...
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    Cowboy Bebop Explainer
    Lukas Kendall
    • Apr 17
    • 1 min

    Cowboy Bebop Explainer

    Happy Easter (and Passover, to my people). Sorry, I don’t have anything holiday related. I came across the above video about Cowboy...
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    Catching Up With Amin Matalqa
    Lukas Kendall
    • Apr 15
    • 2 min

    Catching Up With Amin Matalqa

    Amin Matalqa is a director whose debut feature, Captain Abu Raed (2007), was the first film produced in Jordan in 50 years, and won the...
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    Billions
    Lukas Kendall
    • Apr 13
    • 2 min

    Billions

    Billions wrapped up its sixth season Sunday night. I guess there will be at least one more? I have enjoyed this show way more than I...
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    Who Sampled?
    Lukas Kendall
    • Apr 11
    • 1 min

    Who Sampled?

    I asked people to visit my IMDB page to goose my stupid “star” rating—and it worked! Thanks! I’m up to #82,623 or so this—fun! Hey, it’s...
    66 views0 comments
    Krull Re-Watch
    Lukas Kendall
    • Apr 10
    • 3 min

    Krull Re-Watch

    I watched Krull on HBOMax. I hadn’t seen it in ages—and maybe never in its proper aspect ratio. It is what it is: a very expensive,...
    401 views5 comments
    Knight Rider Score Page
    Lukas Kendall
    • Apr 6
    • 1 min

    Knight Rider Score Page

    Here’s a piece of history for you: the first page of the famous Knight Rider theme by Stu Phillips and Glen A. Larson (but really, the...
    101 views0 comments
    Violet
    Lukas Kendall
    • Apr 3
    • 3 min

    Violet

    Violet is an indie I’ve heard about for some time, as my old friend Larry Hummel was one of the producers. Larry is a talent manager who...
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    The Power—George Pal Letter
    Lukas Kendall
    • Mar 31
    • 2 min

    The Power—George Pal Letter

    One of the benefits of producing the FSM CD catalog was that I got a hell of an education in weird and obscure movies from the past. I...
    118 views1 comment
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