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Coming Attractions

A collection of 3 posts
By My Lights: a super-sized surprise package for the 2nd week of January
Poetry

By My Lights: a super-sized surprise package for the 2nd week of January

Typos. Seitz on Anderson. World Party. Favorite writers share lists of favorites. Strong voices on Conclave, Homestead. Good poems. My latest moviegoing. A personal update. And freewriting.
11 Jan 2025 17 min read
On Movies & Media

Don’t Come Knockin’: Wenders and Shepard together again.

Wish I was at Cannes. Here’s FilmStew’s J Sperling Reich: Over 20 years after the German filmmaker collaborated with renowned playwright Sam Shepard on Paris, Texas, the two reunite for Don’t Come Knocking. This time, though, Shepard actually stars in the film as well. “To have Sam
20 May 2005 1 min read
Jack Black, a wrestling priest? Donnie Darko director directs The Rock?
On Movies & Media

Jack Black, a wrestling priest? Donnie Darko director directs The Rock?

Jack Black will play a wrestling preacher. That’s funny enough without a punchline. Donnie Darko director Richard Kelley’s carefully guarded new project Southland Tales is beginning to emerge from the fog. And yes, the surprises have already begun.
21 Apr 2005
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