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who i'm casting in the lonesome dove reboot (opens the original)
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News broke this month that Zoe Kazan and writing partner Jeb Stuart are adapting beloved Western Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry into a tv series. This is huge for people like Sofia Coppola and me, who cite Lonesome Dove as one of the greatest novels of all time. It’s a sprawling epic following two retired Texas Rangers named Augustus “Gus” McCrae and Woodrow Call who get tired of their monotonous ranching life and embark on one last adventure, taking a ragtag group of cowboys and cattle from Te
what i watched: august 2026 (opens the original)
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Here’s a comprehensive list of what I watched last month:Rachel Getting Married. Jonathan Demme (2008)The Odyssey. Christopher Nolan (2026)Tony. Matt Johnson (2026)Bleeder. Nicolas Winding Refn (1999)Sleepless in Seattle. Nora Ephron (1993) RewatchThe Piano. Jane Campion (1993) RewatchThe Thomas Crown Affair. Norman Jewison (1968)Imitation of Life. John M. Stahl (1934)Purple Noon. </em
the double life of an inbetweener (opens the original)
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I got dinner with Carlos and our friend Christian right before a hospitality-only screening of Matt Johnson’s new film Tony, a biopic focusing on one pivotal summer in Anthony Bourdain’s early adulthood. All three of us have held various positions within the industry. Between coffee and wine and fine dining, chances are if you’ve lived in Los Angeles or San Francisco, we’ve served you. We’re also frequently served, spending most of our days off eating and drinking out. All of this to say: we liv
what i watched: july 2026 (opens the original)
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Here’s a comprehensive list of what I watched last month:Blade Runner. Ridley Scott (1982)Pacific Heights. John Schlesinger (1990)The Comedians of Comedy. Michael Blieden (2005)Gangs of New York. Martin Scorsese (2002)The Aviator. Martin Scorsese (2004)The Big Shave. Martin Scorsese (1967)Italianamerican. Martin Scorsese (1974)Minions and Monsters. Pierre Coffin (2026)Maddie’s Secret. John Early (2026)</
double feature: movies where a tough guy moves to a rural area and is gradually softened by the love of a good woman and household chores (opens the original)
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The first time I watched Witness (1985), I rewound it and watched most of it again. It was under the pretense of showing Carlos an outfit of Ford’s I thought he’d appreciate (slim cut trousers with a generous amount of ankle showing), but I let the movie keep playing while Carlos showered. And then while he got dressed. And then while he was sitting next to me, staring at his phone and waiting impatiently for me to wrap it up. I was head over heels for a film I went into with the ambivalence of
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