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In Memory of Roger Ebert: His Review of Kwik Stop (2001)
Roger Ebert died 10 years ago today. One of the early series the Rogerebert.com writers participated in was something called “My Favorite Roger.” Each writer wrote an essay discussing their favorite Roger review. I chose his review of Kwik Stop, … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, On This Day, Personal
Tagged drama, friends, July and Half of August, Kwik Stop
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#TBT Glasses
Me, Michael, Laurie. My God, we were babies. And yet, of course, life then was important and difficult and sometimes heart-wrenching. Life usually is. Life was also adventurous, hilarious, spontaneous. We may have more miles on us now but in … Continue reading
Year in Review: Shooting My Mouth Off in 2014
I may write some magnum opus in the next two days, you never know, but here are links to some of the things I’ve written in 2014, here and elsewhere. I have worked hard to keep my site an eclectic … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Movies, Music, Personal
Tagged Alfred Wertheimer, Anna Magnani, Austria, Carroll Baker, Christopher Hitchens, Claude Rains, Eli Wallach, Elvis Presley, Eminem, France, friends, Gena Rowlands, Germany, Harry Potter, Howard Hawks, Inherent Vice, Iran, Iranian film, Israel, Italy, Jafar Panahi, Japan, Jim Jarmusch, Joan Crawford, John Cassavetes, Juliette Binoche, Kristen Wiig, Kwik Stop, Lars von Trier, Lauren Bacall, Lester Bangs, Liv Ullmann, Lon Chaney, Love Streams, Mark Twain, Martin Scorsese, Nicolas Cage, Orpheus Descending, Palestine, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Poland, Richard Linklater, Romania, Russia, Seth Rogen, Seymour Cassel, Somalia, Sudden Fear, Supernatural, Sweden, Tennessee Williams, The Beatles, The Everly Brothers, Tommy Lee Jones, Trotsky, war, year in writing, Zac Efron
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My Favorite Roger: Michael Gilio’s Kwik Stop
An ongoing feature over at Roger Ebert’s site is “My Favorite Roger”: contributors writing about a piece of writing from Roger that they love in particular. Mine just went up. I wrote about Roger Ebert’s beautiful review of my friend … Continue reading
Kwik Stop (2001); Directed by Michael Gilio
Recently, I had drinks with Charles Taylor, a writer I’ve been reading for years (in Salon.com and other venues), and we’ve been corresponding for a bit, and finally met in person. It was great. We cut right to the chase: … Continue reading
Snapshots
— Finished Shirley Jackson’s collected short stories. They are so unsettling that it is fair to say that it ruined my day yesterday. Although there are other factors in play. Wow. She is so effective. If all you have read … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged bookshelves, Kwik Stop, Shirley Jackson, snapshots, Tony Leung
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Kwik Stop on iTunes; (Michael Gilio: Director, Writer, Actor)
Kwik Stop, written and directed by (as well as starring) Michael Gilio is now available for renting (or purchase) on iTunes. I meant to write a thing about this when it happened in December, but that was when everything started … Continue reading
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Tagged friends, Kwik Stop, Roger Ebert
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Michael Gilio Has Been “Blacklisted”
Let us turn our minds now to the annual December industry “black list” entitled “10 Best Unproduced Scripts in Hollywood“, a list eagerly anticipated by all the power-brokers in Hollywood. The list can be a predictor of future success, sometimes … Continue reading
Under-Rated Movies: #15 Kwik Stop (2001) Dir. Michael Gilio
You probably haven’t seen this film because even though it got some pretty high-end awards and nominations (Michael Gilio, the director, won Best Director at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, and the whole film was nominated as … Continue reading
Kwik Stop Screen Captures
Had a great talk with Mitchell last night (“I am so glad you put up those photo booth pictures – because my friends now can see what I looked like when I had hair“) – and we laughed about the … Continue reading