the (as yet) unmade
In the throes of limbo on two metal projects so here’s a list of things I’ve yet to make that I want to make:
a series / gaggle of weird little zines
a graphic novella (with or without a collaborator, though i'd prefer the former)
a narrative short film
a novella
a large metal dinosaur
a damn good track / ep that eschews my institutionalized music composition reflexes for the same visceral and improvisational central to my totally clueless – and intentionally ignorant – metalworking practice.
Do I have any of these in me still? I'd like to believe I do (99.99% that large metal dinosaur is happening this summer), but time will tell.
CLOUD (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2024)
Wanted to love this, but the third act didn’t live up to the promise of the first two; far from “kinetic.” (***/*****)
I still can’t figure out what I’m missing: Martin Scorsese Hails ‘Frankenstein’ as A-List Directors Keep Praising Guillermo del Toro’s Epic | World of Reel
my 25 favorite films of the quarter century
In no particular order and off the top of my head:
25TH HOUR (Lee, 2002)
SINNERS (Coogler, 2025)
PARASITE (Bong, 2019)
CHILDREN OF MEN (Cuarón, 2006)
GODZILLA MINUS ONE (Yamazaki, 2023)
GOOD TIME (Safdies, 2017)
EX MACHINA (Garland, 2015)
ROAD TO PERDITION (Mendes, 2002)
SPIDER-MAN 2 (Raimi, 2004)
WEAPONS (Cregger, 2025)
COLLATERAL (Mann, 2004)
THE PRESTIGE (Nolan, 2006)
THE LIGHTHOUSE (Eggers, 2019)
THE MENU (Mylod, 2022)
THE INCREDIBLES (Bird, 2004)
TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN (Lynch, 2017)
PRISONERS (Vilaneuve, 2013)
ZODIAC (Fincher, 2007)
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Coens, 2007)
THE PHANTOM THREAD (PTA, 2017)
SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD (Wright, 2010)
KILL BILL (1+2) (Tarantino, 2003)
CASINO ROYALE (Campbell, 2006)
FANTASTIC MR FOX (Anderson, 2009)
GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK (Clooney, 2005)
