THE NEVERENDING FILM FESTIVAL #110 Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022

Tonight — low-budget witchcraft, big fish, bad Christians, a really really really big cloud in space, a policeman who never laughs, everyone’s gen-x, and a girl on a green screen. … [read more]

Before breakfast, I was glancing at the headlines from the Times newsbox in front of the diner, when the local homeless guy came out of the laundromat next door. … [read more]

 another breakfast
with my motherTo briefly recap: For the past several weeks at our Saturday breakfasts, Mom has repeatedly ‘invited’ me to see the movie Till with her. … [read more]

THE NEVERENDING FILM FESTIVAL #109  Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022

A quadriplegic struggles with alcoholism, a musician struggles with himself, Robin Williams gets zany, Matthew McConaughey gets stoned, Spielberg does Columbo, millions die ghastly deaths in the UK, and we boldly go where no man has gone before. … [read more]

CRANKY OLD FART #232 leftovers & links   Friday, Nov. 18, 2022

Does everyone know that everything is bullshit, and just pretend that it’s not? Does anyone know?My … [read more]

by Paul Modic

I went over to the council of elders under their canopy at the farmers’ market and asked if they wanted to play another game. … [read more]

CRANKY OLD FART #231 leftovers & links   Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022

I was riding the bus back from shopping, and a bum got on, with his big dog, a muscular thing that came up to about my groin. … [read more]

Today: Mickey Spillane plays Mike Hammer, Cate Blanchett plays a spider, a movie star plays with real lions, a bastard cop tracks a crazed killer, a farmer loves his pig (but it’s not Babe), a model might be trapped by fame and beauty, and did anyone even know there’s a sequel to Repo Man? … [read more]

CRANKY OLD FART #230 leftovers & links   Monday, Nov. 14, 2022

Yesterday I was at the transit center, waiting for a bus not due for another ten minutes, and thinking my ordinary bonehead thoughts.I … [read more]