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3 things about Hugo Fregonese’s MAN IN THE ATTIC

Man in the Attic [1953]

1. Teasing him about his loud shoes.
2. Burning his ulster in the kitchen stove.
3. Her dressing room attendant is an Indian woman.

3 things about Scott Gracheff’s HOW DARK MY LOVE

How Dark My Love [2025]

1. After purchasing a few of Coleman’s paintings, Iggy Pop gets rid of his TV set. He can just sit at home and watch the art.
2. Heated discussion about stiletto heels squashing small fish.
3. John Waters is a guest at their wedding.

3 things about Alex Ullom’s IT ENDS

It Ends [2025]

1. “Fair” as riposte.
2. An expanded wardrobe cobbled together from the spoils of abandoned vehicles.
3. A frozen traffic jam and then a sign.

3 things about Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson’s GHOSTLIGHT

Ghostlight [2024]

1. Arriving home at dawn after the cast party.
2. Defiantly walking in the middle of the street.
3. Sitting across from each other, their foreheads touching.

Last three chances to see MY LAST MARTINI

Well, for now anyway … I will be at the screenings in Tryon and San Jose; if you make it out, please say hi!

And here’s a lovely new review of the film by Jared Mobarak: “[Wendy] Robie becomes an enigmatic reminder that we mustn’t only give into the automated routine of convenience to transport an audience through time and space. We only need a good drink and a willing ear.”

October 10, 2025: Buffalo International Film Festival, NY
[BIFF Shorts: Never Too Late @ 4:45PM]

October 12, 2025: Tryon International Film Festival, NC
[Shorts Program @ 4:15PM]

October 19, 2025: San Jose International Short Film Festival, CA
[“All The World’s A Stage” program @ 2:00PM]

3 things about Stephen Maing and Brett Story’s UNION

Union [2024]

1. Laptop propped up using Monopoly.
2. Container ship named CAPITAL.
3. A two-hour commute via MTA.

3 things about Paul Thomas Anderson’s ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

One Battle After Another [2025]

1. “Do the revolution, baby. Do the revolution.”
2. Reciting lines from The Battle of Algiers.
3. Suite 55.

3 things about Billy Wilder’s SUNSET BLVD.

Sunset Blvd. [1950]

1. Solid gold cigarette case.
2. “Get me Gordon Cole.”
3. He references The Naked and The Dead.

3 other things.

3 things about Sean Baker’s ANORA

Anora [2024]

1. It’s his grandmother’s car.
2. Spraying champagne aboard a private jet.
3. “You know, you should learn English first before you attempt French.”

3 things about Vanessa Gould’s OBIT.

Obit. [2016]

1. The morgue of the New York Times: 10,000 drawers.
2. An inherently retrospective disciple.
3. No euphemisms for “death” permitted.