Fast X (2023) - dir. Louis Leterrier, by special guest Lorin Kozlowski
The Card Counter (2021) - dir. Paul Schrader
The Master Gardener (2023) - dir. Paul Schrader

We’re back like we usually are, with another great MOVIE DIARY 2023 post! This week, I’ve got my longtime internet pal Lorin Kozlowski joining in to help bring MOVIE DIARY 2023 into the summer blockbuster season! I can’t remember how long Lorin and I have been following each other, but I’ve always appreciated his enthusiasm for talking about movies online, so it was a lot of fun to get Lorin to talk about movies for longer than a few tweets at a time.

Opening Night (1977) - dir. John Cassavetes, by special guest Cait Schneider
Winchester ‘73 (1950) - dir. Anthony Mann

We’re back again with some CINEMA this week, thanks to my beloved pal and one of my favorite bloggers, Cait Schneider! Cait’s been here before, and I’m super excited to have her back on the MOVIE DIARY scene. Make sure to keep up with her on Discourse Blog! My personal favorite is when she blogs about birds, that’s extremely my shit and it will be yours too because you’re copying me.

Octopussy (1983) - dir. John Glen, by special guest Pete Toms
Band of the Hand (1986) - dir. Paul Michael Glaser
The Last Seduction (1994) - dir. John Dahl

Ok yes, this is a good one! They’re all good ones, in my opinion, but this week we’ve got cartoonist Pete Toms returning to MOVIE DIARY 2023! Pete is one of my favorite writers and cartoonists, and I am always excited whenever he puts out something new because there’s absolutely no one out there who captures the absurdity and the quiet horror of simply being alive in this moment we’ve chosen to be born into the way that Pete captures the absurdity and the quiet horror of simply being alive in this moment we’ve chosen to be born into. Anyway, I’ll shut up and let Pete talk about Octopussy.

Rounders (1998) - dir. John Dahl, by special guest Tony Wilson
Hellraiser (2022) - dir. David Bruckner, by special guest Dan Gagliardi
American Gigolo (1980) - dir. Paul Schrader

Once again this week, we are back at it! I’ve brought in two more pals of mine to join us: former MOVIE DIARY 2018 special guest Tony Wilson, and podcaster/amateur baseball pitcher Dan Gagliardi, and they’ve come through with some genuine heaters!

Joker (2019) - dir. Todd Phillips, by special guest Katie Skelly
It Follows (2014) - dir. David Robert Mitchell, by special guest Lily H-A
How To Blow Up A Pipeline (2023) - dir. Daniel Goldhaber
Inland Empire (2006) - dir. David Lynch

Ok yes, after a week off, we are back! This week will be a double post week, and to kick things off I’ve got two brand new special guests joining me, world famous cartoonist Katie Skelly and South Philly Microcinema organizer and programmer Lily H-A! This is the first MOVIE DIARY appearance for both Katie and Lily, and I’m so excited to welcome them to the MOVIE DIARY 2023 lineup!