I had a heck of a week. It was filled with political involvement and culminated in what is the second-most important (but absolutely the first in terms of individual rights) issue in the 2024 election—reproductive freedom. Read the rest...

The current dust-up in NCAA athletics happens to be centered around San Jose State Volleyball. A few weeks ago, the Nevada Athletics Department said that said our volleyball team would not be following the leads of the bigots in Idaho and Utah by forfeiting a match against San Jose State. Read the rest...

When October showed up, the Criterion Channel put up its new featured lists. This month included a series of movies starring Winona Ryder. I see her as among my favorite actors of all time. Mostly that’s because she’s been so good for so long and I generally like every movie she is in. That’s in large part because of her, so chicken, egg, etc. but what’s clear is that I like her. So, I decided to watch all those movies—a few that I’ve seen and several that I have not. I’ll be updating my thoughts on each movie throughout the month. Read the rest...

This piece by April Corbin Girnus in the Nevada Current is excellent. Read the rest...

Just an all time favorite of mine for so many reasons. The performances are bonkers. I wrote before that a great movie maker turned a couple of maniacs loose in their prime maniac years and it made for a brilliantly theatrical version of this story. Read the rest...

Give her the maximum.

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Me and the car from the 1941 Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino movie High Sierra. The car is located at the Western Film Museum in Lone Pine, California