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Oh, I did not know that the great Thomas Perry died in September. I’ve been so excited that there is a new Jane Whitfield thriller coming in March. Perry was never famous but he belongs in the pantheon. I will miss the happy wait for his book a year.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...
Thomas Perry Dies at 78; Writer of Popular, Unconventional Thrillers
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Oh, I did not know that the great Thomas Perry died in September. I’ve been so excited that there is a new Jane Whitfield thriller coming in March. Perry was never famous but he belongs in the pantheon. I will miss the happy wait for his book a year.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...
from “Winter’s Tale” by Mark Helprin
January 1, 2026 at 6:34 AM
from “Winter’s Tale” by Mark Helprin
Peppermint Patty: "Any New Year's resolutions, Chuck?"
Charlie Brown: "Yes. You know how I always dread the whole year? This year I'm going to dread it one day at a time."
Charlie Brown: "Yes. You know how I always dread the whole year? This year I'm going to dread it one day at a time."
December 31, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Peppermint Patty: "Any New Year's resolutions, Chuck?"
Charlie Brown: "Yes. You know how I always dread the whole year? This year I'm going to dread it one day at a time."
Charlie Brown: "Yes. You know how I always dread the whole year? This year I'm going to dread it one day at a time."
HBO MAX had added Rob Reiner’s MISERY and THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT.
December 30, 2025 at 7:19 AM
HBO MAX had added Rob Reiner’s MISERY and THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT.
Martin Scorsese: ‘Rob Reiner Was My Friend’ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/o...
Opinion | Martin Scorsese: ‘Rob Reiner Was My Friend’
www.nytimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Martin Scorsese: ‘Rob Reiner Was My Friend’ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/o...
Rob Reiner’s STAND BY ME is available on Netflix.
Stephen King: Why I Hugged Rob Reiner After Watching ‘Stand by Me’ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
Stephen King: Why I Hugged Rob Reiner After Watching ‘Stand by Me’ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
Opinion | Stephen King: Why I Hugged Rob Reiner After Watching ‘Stand by Me’
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Rob Reiner’s STAND BY ME is available on Netflix.
Stephen King: Why I Hugged Rob Reiner After Watching ‘Stand by Me’ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
Stephen King: Why I Hugged Rob Reiner After Watching ‘Stand by Me’ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
The next time you see a rack of paperback novels at the market, drugstore or airport, buy a copy (or two). When you come thru again, they will be gone—never to return.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks
After years of steady sales declines, the format will largely disappear next year.
www.publishersweekly.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The next time you see a rack of paperback novels at the market, drugstore or airport, buy a copy (or two). When you come thru again, they will be gone—never to return.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Nick Gomez’s LAWS OF GRAVITY (1992) starring newcomers Peter Greene, Edie Falco and Adam Trese, among others, with its world-changing hand-held camerawork by Jean de Segonzac, is streaming on MGM+. It still feels new. We will never forget you, Peter Greene. A heartbreaking loss.
December 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Nick Gomez’s LAWS OF GRAVITY (1992) starring newcomers Peter Greene, Edie Falco and Adam Trese, among others, with its world-changing hand-held camerawork by Jean de Segonzac, is streaming on MGM+. It still feels new. We will never forget you, Peter Greene. A heartbreaking loss.
Wednesday night at 11 pm Eastern, @TCM is airing the beloved, rarely screened 1977 TV movie, THE GATHERING, starring Ed Asner and Maureen Stapleton. An Emmy winner, it would air every Christmas. Written by James Poe (“Lillies of the Field”) and directed by Randal Kleiser, one year before “Grease”.
December 8, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Wednesday night at 11 pm Eastern, @TCM is airing the beloved, rarely screened 1977 TV movie, THE GATHERING, starring Ed Asner and Maureen Stapleton. An Emmy winner, it would air every Christmas. Written by James Poe (“Lillies of the Field”) and directed by Randal Kleiser, one year before “Grease”.
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Two more days to apply for LAFCA’s scholarship!
LAFCA, with support from @rottentomatoes.com, is offering TWO $3,000 SCHOLARSHIPS to aspiring film critics attending L.A.-area community colleges. Apply by Dec. 7, and spread the word! bit.ly/LAFCAScholarship2025
#filmcritic #scholarship
LAFCA, with support from @rottentomatoes.com, is offering TWO $3,000 SCHOLARSHIPS to aspiring film critics attending L.A.-area community colleges. Apply by Dec. 7, and spread the word! bit.ly/LAFCAScholarship2025
#filmcritic #scholarship
December 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Two more days to apply for LAFCA’s scholarship!
LAFCA, with support from @rottentomatoes.com, is offering TWO $3,000 SCHOLARSHIPS to aspiring film critics attending L.A.-area community colleges. Apply by Dec. 7, and spread the word! bit.ly/LAFCAScholarship2025
#filmcritic #scholarship
LAFCA, with support from @rottentomatoes.com, is offering TWO $3,000 SCHOLARSHIPS to aspiring film critics attending L.A.-area community colleges. Apply by Dec. 7, and spread the word! bit.ly/LAFCAScholarship2025
#filmcritic #scholarship
Thinking of LA Times film critic Sheila Benson on what would have been her 95th birthday. It’s 10:40 at night just now which was invariably the hour you’d end up on the phone with Sheila, talking movies and life. There was much laughter, always, in times with Sheila, and boundless love.
December 5, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Thinking of LA Times film critic Sheila Benson on what would have been her 95th birthday. It’s 10:40 at night just now which was invariably the hour you’d end up on the phone with Sheila, talking movies and life. There was much laughter, always, in times with Sheila, and boundless love.
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We are counting down to LAFCA’s awards vote—and the close of applications for our 2025 scholarship!
LAFCA, with support from @rottentomatoes.com, is offering 2 $3,000 SCHOLARSHIPS to aspiring film critics attending L.A.-area community colleges: bit.ly/LAFCAScholarship2025 Apply today!
LAFCA, with support from @rottentomatoes.com, is offering 2 $3,000 SCHOLARSHIPS to aspiring film critics attending L.A.-area community colleges: bit.ly/LAFCAScholarship2025 Apply today!
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We are counting down to LAFCA’s awards vote—and the close of applications for our 2025 scholarship!
LAFCA, with support from @rottentomatoes.com, is offering 2 $3,000 SCHOLARSHIPS to aspiring film critics attending L.A.-area community colleges: bit.ly/LAFCAScholarship2025 Apply today!
LAFCA, with support from @rottentomatoes.com, is offering 2 $3,000 SCHOLARSHIPS to aspiring film critics attending L.A.-area community colleges: bit.ly/LAFCAScholarship2025 Apply today!
from “October Light” a novel by John Gardner
November 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
from “October Light” a novel by John Gardner
Released 12 years ago today.
FROZEN Visual Development Art by Bill Schwab
FROZEN Visual Development Art by Bill Schwab
November 27, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Released 12 years ago today.
FROZEN Visual Development Art by Bill Schwab
FROZEN Visual Development Art by Bill Schwab
Dr. Westphall (the great Ed Flanders) leads the ST. ELSEWHERE Thanksgiving blessing. 1983
November 27, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Dr. Westphall (the great Ed Flanders) leads the ST. ELSEWHERE Thanksgiving blessing. 1983
Happy Birthday, Charles Schulz
November 26, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Happy Birthday, Charles Schulz
The Show Less Like This option on BlueSky doesn’t work at all. All the bad art I try to prevent keeps showing up. Sigh.
November 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
The Show Less Like This option on BlueSky doesn’t work at all. All the bad art I try to prevent keeps showing up. Sigh.
Here is the cover art for my 2027 Disney page-a-day calendar from Chronicle Books. Anna and Elsa finally made the cut.
Disney A Year of Animation 2027 Daily Calendar a.co/d/0ySBbiI
Disney A Year of Animation 2027 Daily Calendar a.co/d/0ySBbiI
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November 24, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Here is the cover art for my 2027 Disney page-a-day calendar from Chronicle Books. Anna and Elsa finally made the cut.
Disney A Year of Animation 2027 Daily Calendar a.co/d/0ySBbiI
Disney A Year of Animation 2027 Daily Calendar a.co/d/0ySBbiI
TOY STORY
Released 30 years ago today.
Concept art by Ralph Eggleston.
Released 30 years ago today.
Concept art by Ralph Eggleston.
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
TOY STORY
Released 30 years ago today.
Concept art by Ralph Eggleston.
Released 30 years ago today.
Concept art by Ralph Eggleston.
Netflix has Clint Bentley’s TRAIN DREAMS, a gorgeous new film starring an extraordinary Joel Edgerton, based on a novella by the late Denis Johnson. It’s sort of a tone poem to early America, to trees and trains and to grief. Watch it at night with the lights low and your phone put away.
November 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Netflix has Clint Bentley’s TRAIN DREAMS, a gorgeous new film starring an extraordinary Joel Edgerton, based on a novella by the late Denis Johnson. It’s sort of a tone poem to early America, to trees and trains and to grief. Watch it at night with the lights low and your phone put away.
Due June 2, a new novel by Ann Patchett. a.co/d/2Ls0M5S
Whistler: A Novel
Whistler: A Novel [Patchett, Ann] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Whistler: A Novel
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November 19, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Due June 2, a new novel by Ann Patchett. a.co/d/2Ls0M5S
Barbra Streisand’s YENTL Released 42 years ago today. I had a line party for 20 at the Cinerama Dome. I was dressed as a yeshiva boy (of course) and had a life-size record store standup of the “Superman” cover nearby. Barbra show tunes on the ghetto blaster. A grand night, a great film.
November 18, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Barbra Streisand’s YENTL Released 42 years ago today. I had a line party for 20 at the Cinerama Dome. I was dressed as a yeshiva boy (of course) and had a life-size record store standup of the “Superman” cover nearby. Barbra show tunes on the ghetto blaster. A grand night, a great film.