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SCORSESE AND SCOTT IN A CINEMA

Watched by 'Killers of the Flower Moon' and 'Napoleon' the old fashioned way

Nov 24 •

HBO TO FX TO NETFLIX TO ?

Peter Biskind's new book focuses on the personalities who redefined what we watch

Nov 19 •

ANDRE 3000 EMBRACES HIS MUSE AND HIS AGE

Recalling a chance encounter on the day the performer releases a flute album

Nov 17 •

THRILLER 40 AIRS ON PARAMOUNT+ DEC. 2

A few preview frames and a note on the doc's visual language

Nov 16 •

A WEEK IN SELMA WALKING THROUGH HISTORY

Working on a documentary focused on the legacy of the 1965 Voting Rights Act

Nov 11 •

KOOL HERC, 'PURPLE RAIN' THROWBACKS

Articles from 1978 and 1984 written by a much younger me

Nov 5 •

COOL IS A FOUR LETTER WORD

Thoughts on an coolness, hotness, and other external pursuits

Nov 4 •

October 2023

THE DAY JAM MASTER JAY DIED

October 30, 2002

Oct 31 •

SKYWALKER AND MOONWALKER

Trailer for making Thriller 40 dropped; started shooting a doc on a basketball icon

Oct 27 •

LEATHER COAT ICON OF SOCIAL MOBILITY

Listen now (7 mins) | RIP Richard Roundtree star of Shaft

Oct 25 •

6:52

GIRL GROUPS REVISITED, 2PAC AUTHORIZED

New books on an underappreciated genre and icon rap star

Oct 22 •

THE NEED FOR CASUAL RACISM (IN CINEMA STORYTELLING)

Listen now (9 mins) | Thoughts after watching Killers of the Flower Moon

Oct 21 •

8:46

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