It’s quite something to read Lucia Berlin’s stories while waiting in a hospital.

I love you, Joe, but I’m getting sick of texts from George Clooney, Julia Roberts, and Jimmy Kimmel.

Other than Lily Gladstone’s performance, Robbie Robertson’s score is the best part of KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON.

HIT MAN (Richard Linklater, 2024)

(**** / *****): Always love a good Linklater genre exercise – SCHOOL OF ROCK, especially, holds a special place in my heart – and HIT MAN is no exception: Howard Hawks energy channelled through the combustable sexy-star power of Powell and Arjona. Only gripe being that the ending, while not unearned, did feel a bit too breezy and/or pat – but then again, I suppose does fit within that Hawksian mold. Great little weekend film.