Defending Your Life (1991) - dir. Albert Brooks by special guest Sara McHenry
BLONDE (2022) - dir. Andrew Dominik

Yes! The new era of MOVIE DIARY 2023 continues with another returning special guest, Sara McHenry! Sara’s been a longtime supporter of all my stupid bullshit, and she was the only person brave enough to interview me about the original iteration of this project, MOVIE DIARY 2018 (the zine with that interview is on sale on her Etsy store, in case you’re a MOVIE DIARY completist!).

M3GAN (2023) - dir. Gerard Johnstone by special guest Caroline Moss
The King of Comedy (1982) - dir. Martin Scorsese
EO (2022) - dir. Jerzy Skolimowski

The new era of MOVIE DIARY 2023 is really gonna start kicking off here! This week, I’m bringing on my first special guest of 2023, Caroline Moss! Caroline and I are usually shouting about The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and other highlights of Bravo programming, so it’s always fun for me when I can get her to opine about movies. I wrote a little bit about M3GAN (2023) on the first MOVIE DIARY 2023 post, but this time around we’ve got a message from future Caroline on the future occasion of the 30th anniversary of M3GAN. THE FUTURE!!

Along Came Polly (2004) - dir. John Hamburg
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) - dir. James Cameron

Look, this is gonna be a weird one. I haven’t watched a lot of movies since my last post, so this is what I’ve got.

The Martian (2015)
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
Infinity Pool (2023)

First off just a quick thank you for all the positive response to MOVIE DIARY 2023 launching last week! It’s nice to be back doing this, and I’ve started lining up some really cool special guests to contribute this year. This is easily going to be the biggest MOVIE DIARY since MOVIE DIARY 2018. I have a good feeling about this!

Marnie (1964) - dir. Alfred Hitchcock
M3GAN (2023) - dir. Gerard Johnstone
Armageddon Time (2022) - dir. James Gray
Corsage (2022) - dir. Marie Kreutzer
Skinamarink (2023) - dir. Kyle Edward Ball
The Menu (2022) - dir. Mark Mylod
Party Girl (1995) - dir. Daisy Von Scherler Mayer
Seven Chances (1925) - dir. Buster Keaton
Sharp Stick (2022) - dir. Lena Dunham
Croupier (1998) - dir. Mike Hodges
Aftersun (2022) - dir. Charlotte Wells

Yeah. I’m thinkin’ I’m back.