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Kwik Stop (2001) finally streaming

If you’ve hung around here a while (as in, the last 15, 20 years) then you will know about Kwik Stop and my friend Michael Gilio. Michael and I go way back, and our brief romance somehow miraculously morphed into … Continue reading

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In Memory of Roger Ebert: His Review of Kwik Stop (2001)

Roger Ebert died 11 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 review written by Roger. I chose his review of … Continue reading

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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

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Year in Review: Running my mouth 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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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

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