It’s showtime, folks! Had a blast sitting in with pals Jason Bailey and Michael Hull to break down Bob Fosse’s 1979 semi-autobiographical extravaganza and its exuberant semi-apology for a life of drinking, drugging, womanizing and all that jazz. I also talk about when I almost went Joe Gideon and received a very special message from Ben Vereen. – Guide For The Film Fanatic, 09/06/2026

Always a pleasure catching up with my dear friend Jen Johans, this time to talk about quintenssential character actor Harry Dean Stanton. We discuss his effortlessly authentic performances in Repo Man, Paris, Texas, Cisco Pike and his many collaborations with David Lynch. He’s even great in Pretty In Pink, John Hughes’ creepy ode to stalkers and conformity. – Watch With Jen, 08/31/2026

Jumped on a call with my buddy Blake Howard after he was blown away by our favorite film of the year so far. We both rave about Matthew McConaughey’s miracle of a performance in writer-director Andrew Patterson’s richly idiosyncratic and often indecribable folk tale The Rivals Of Amziah King, a movie full of life in all it’s messy sadness, musicality and joy. – One Heat Minute, 08/26/2026

The news that Obsession star Inde Navarrette turned down a role in Heat 2 to play one of Marvel’s rebooted X-Men sent the internet into a tizzy last weekend. Pope of Mann Blake Howard called an emergency conclave with myself and fellow One Heat Minute regular Roxana Hadadi to rant about some of the stupider reactions we’ve been reading. – One Heat Minute, 08/24/2026

A quick chat with my buddy Blake Howard about how delighted we were by director David Robert Mitchell’s lean and mean little dinosaur thriller. Blake suggested someone should start Greystoke-ing Ewan McGregor’s dialogue whenever he’s playing an American, and we both gave thanks for Anne Hathaway’s Streep-level emoting whilst swatting pterodactyls. – One Heat Minute, 08/12/2026

Had a lot of laughs with my buddy Blake Howard and television critic Roxana Hadadi wondering what the hell was going on with Apple TV’s Cape Fear remake, one of the most mystifying things we’ve ever seen. Hear three incredibly confused people try to puzzle out what the show was aiming at, while lamenting the perils of stretching a simple story out to ten hours. – One Heat Minute, 08/08/2026

Always a pleasure talking to my buddy Blake Howard, this time about how Christopher Nolan’s latest opus has raised the bar for summer blockbusters, first in terms of practical location filmmaking and the benefits of doing things the hard way, but also as a reminder that entertainment and ideas need not be mutually exclusive. It’s a thrillingly complicated picture. – One Heat Minute, 07/18/2026

Always a treat talking to my buddy Blake Howard, this time about what went wrong with the new Supergirl reboot and why we liked the first part when it was ripping off True Grit way better than when it was trying to be Fury Road. We also discuss how ugly studio movies have gotten these days and wonder why these filmmakers won’t just go outside.” – One Heat Minute, 06/25/2026

Joined my buddy Blake Howard for a Patreon exclusive celebrating the tenth anniversary of Kenneth Lonergan’s brusque New England tale of trauma, heartache and the refusal to heal. We talked about the long road from Sundance to the Oscars, and how the movie has outlasted some bizarre political readings by 2016 culture writers who had lost their damn minds. – One Heat Minute, 05/12/2026

Always a treat to catch up with my dear friends Jen Johans and S.A. Cosby. This time our topic was the great Delroy Lindo. We talked about the first time he scared the hell out of us in Malcolm X, before going through some of his less remembered roles in sometimes justly forgotten films like The Cider House Rules, A Life Less Ordinary and The Core. – Watch With Jen, 03/22/2026