Barbie and Oppenheimer are the big movie news at the moment, having opened to record numbers. And both are originals! Although, of...

You’ve probably heard there are two labor strikes in the film industry right now, the WGA (writers) and SAG-AFTRA (actors). This has not...

I watched 65 on Netflix. I’ve said this probably a dozen times, but I’m very concerned about this blog becoming a bunch of time bombs...

Looks like it’s on: SAG negotiations broke down and the actors union will go on strike today, joining the writers guild, the WGA. Here’s...

A shout-out today to a British movie site and podcast, All the Right Movies. I’ve actually never listened to their podcast—who has time?...

Like most people in the entertainment business, or watching it, I woke up to articles like this one about the possible if not likely...

I’m very grateful for the unorthodox movie education I got as a result of publishing Film Score Monthly, and producing our CDs. From Star...

I am a huge Yoko Kanno fan. I think she’s absolutely fantastic. So I was delighted to find this detailed interview with her in Forbes by...

Forty years ago, a group of people moved heaven and earth to make their own James Bond movie, starring Sean Connery (!). The only problem...

Continuing the talk about Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (here and here), see a great new interview with director James Mangold in...

I appreciate the thoughts and nice words about my notes on Indy 5 earlier this week. We all have such affection and history with Indy...

Ten years ago I cowrote and executive produced a very strange indie thriller called Lucky Bastard. It’s a found footage thriller (to us,...

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny opened to disappointing numbers worldwide. Sure seems like it made money to me, but apparently it...

Farewell to the great Alan Arkin and his lifetime of magnificent performances. I was mostly familiar with his latter-day roles (like his...

Last week’s episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds was a time-travel story (mild spoilers) featuring La’An Noonien-Singh and James T....

Of this writing I am about to take our girls to see Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. But today’s column is not about that film. Or...

I saw the above on Facebook and it cracked me up. I took music theory classes in college but it never came easily to me. In case you...

HBO’s documentaries are consistently strong and the new one, Being Mary Tyler Moore, is excellent. I was going to write, “I always liked...

Yesterday (June 26) was Dave Grusin’s 89th birthday—happy birthday to one of the all-time greats! I got into Grusin later than I did...

This is a weird one. I’ve enjoyed all of Damien Chazelle’s movies. He’s the real deal! But this one had all the makings of a “passion...