Osmosis Jones (2021) - dir. Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, Tom Sito, Piet Kroon by special guest Dav Yendler
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) - dir. Edward Berger
Creed III (2023) - dir. Michael B. Jordan
The Cathedral (2021) - Ricky D’Ambrose

Hello! Today’s post is a special one as we’ve got our first new special guest writer since 2018 on the blog! My old friend Dav Yendler is making his MOVIE DIARY 2023 debut, and I’m absolutely pumped about it. Dav is a great artist and a tremendous performer, and he hosts a monthly showcase called Show And Tell, where he features artists showing off their latest works.

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!