This was originally several separate posts over more than a year, which I’ve whittled down and sewn together into one long entry. It’s too many words, sorry, but I love my cat and couldn’t shut up. … [read more]

There are many things I’d do different, smarter, if I
could do it all again. There are jobs I should have quit sooner, people I
lost contact with, a few people I should’ve contacted with a punch in
the nose, and I regret women I shouldn’t have dated, but never
mustered the courage to ask out. … [read more]

Again as most days, I remain horizontal in the recliner, sometimes searching the internet for employment, but only for a short while before frustration and boredom pull me back to watching old movies.I’d … [read more]

We were in our early 20s, me and a friend who’d become a flatmate, and one memorable night we stood on our apartment’s balcony, and looked at the freeway
traffic in the distance. … [read more]

Freewheelin’ (1976)
Streaming free at Tubi

I wonder sometimes what I missed, beyond sprained ankles, from never
learning to skateboard.
This is a mellow mostly-documentary about skateboarding, with several ‘name’ shredders from the pre-Tony Hawk era, and maybe from before they were ‘names’. … [read more]

The
doorbell rang, which meant my delivery of groceries was here. Nobody rings my doorbell except professionally.I slipped a mask over
my face, and stepped out onto the porch, where the delivery woman was
putting down a few sacks of my stuff. … [read more]

Frank Film (1973)
Streaming free at Internet Archive

NEVERENDING FILM FESTIVAL #277  [archive] APR. 15, 2024

Filmmaker Frank Mouris explains what you’re seeing as images are flashed on the screen, but at the same time he’s also reading a countdown to zero, a list of saints, his favorite foods, girls’ names, auto parts, and a list of words that start with ‘F’. You … [read more]