David Vendrell
@david-vendrell.bsky.social
Screenwriter at Anonymous Content. Writer of TheFutureParty newsletter. Scribbler of illegible notes.
The fact that Spielberg only has one film on that NYT best-of list (MINORITY REPORT, my personal fave of his this century), just shows that he’s somehow still underrated.
June 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The fact that Spielberg only has one film on that NYT best-of list (MINORITY REPORT, my personal fave of his this century), just shows that he’s somehow still underrated.
Season 2 of THE REHEARSAL may the most insane thing I’ve ever seen.
May 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Season 2 of THE REHEARSAL may the most insane thing I’ve ever seen.
ANDOR is an incredible feat of storytelling.
May 14, 2025 at 6:41 AM
ANDOR is an incredible feat of storytelling.
LOS FRIKIS is special. A searing indictment of Castro’s Cuba — the country it still is today — and a celebration of the resilience of the Cuban people.
Struck a deep chord. Bravo to everyone involved.
Struck a deep chord. Bravo to everyone involved.
May 7, 2025 at 5:22 AM
LOS FRIKIS is special. A searing indictment of Castro’s Cuba — the country it still is today — and a celebration of the resilience of the Cuban people.
Struck a deep chord. Bravo to everyone involved.
Struck a deep chord. Bravo to everyone involved.
DROP is such a tight, tense and terrific thriller. Chris Landon directs the stylish hell out of it. Fahy and Sklenar are both stars. Big congrats to my friends at Platinum Dunes!
Go see it in a theater!
Go see it in a theater!
April 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
DROP is such a tight, tense and terrific thriller. Chris Landon directs the stylish hell out of it. Fahy and Sklenar are both stars. Big congrats to my friends at Platinum Dunes!
Go see it in a theater!
Go see it in a theater!
It’s mind-boggling how well-written and acted and directed and edited and every other thing BLACK BAG is. Just brimming with intelligence and style.
Koepp and Soderbergh are 3/3
Koepp and Soderbergh are 3/3
March 15, 2025 at 6:43 AM
It’s mind-boggling how well-written and acted and directed and edited and every other thing BLACK BAG is. Just brimming with intelligence and style.
Koepp and Soderbergh are 3/3
Koepp and Soderbergh are 3/3
RIP to an undisputed legend.
Gene Hackman, a two-time Oscar-winning actor whose compelling gravitas and simple humanity made him an onscreen fixture for 40 years, has died at 95.
More on his life and legacy: rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
More on his life and legacy: rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
February 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
RIP to an undisputed legend.
COMPANION ✅
THE GORGE ✅
Great weekend of great genre movies.
THE GORGE ✅
Great weekend of great genre movies.
February 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
COMPANION ✅
THE GORGE ✅
Great weekend of great genre movies.
THE GORGE ✅
Great weekend of great genre movies.
Man PRESENCE really sneaks up on you. Powerful, heartbreaking movie.
February 3, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Man PRESENCE really sneaks up on you. Powerful, heartbreaking movie.
RIP David Lynch. An enigmatic, bold and sensitive storyteller. THE ELEPHANT MAN is my personal favorite of his.
January 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
RIP David Lynch. An enigmatic, bold and sensitive storyteller. THE ELEPHANT MAN is my personal favorite of his.
SKELETON CREW was a blast. What a great adventure.
January 15, 2025 at 6:27 AM
SKELETON CREW was a blast. What a great adventure.
Any member of LAFD shouldn’t have to buy a drink in LA for at least the rest of the year. Heroes, all of them.
January 10, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Any member of LAFD shouldn’t have to buy a drink in LA for at least the rest of the year. Heroes, all of them.
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN is less a portrait of Bob Dylan and more an examination of the inscrutability of genius. The feeling of how it can just show up out of nowhere and change everything. It’s also a masterclass in how to piss people off.
Give Timmy the Oscar.
Give Timmy the Oscar.
January 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN is less a portrait of Bob Dylan and more an examination of the inscrutability of genius. The feeling of how it can just show up out of nowhere and change everything. It’s also a masterclass in how to piss people off.
Give Timmy the Oscar.
Give Timmy the Oscar.
RIP Jeff Baena. A filmmaker full of wit, ingenuity and a delightfully idiosyncratic sense of humor. THE LITTLE HOURS and LIFE AFTER BETH are particularly terrific.
January 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
RIP Jeff Baena. A filmmaker full of wit, ingenuity and a delightfully idiosyncratic sense of humor. THE LITTLE HOURS and LIFE AFTER BETH are particularly terrific.
Unsurprisingly, another insightful window into the nuts and bolts of a screenwriting career. Look forward to these every year!
Want to know what 2024 was like? A constant grind to try to get the next thing, despite already having plenty of things. This is my year in review as a working screenwriter! A life in the arts is not for the faint of heart. hollyweird.colbyday.com/p/my-2024-as...
My 2024 as a Working Screenwriter
Or; The Year I Burned Myself Out
hollyweird.colbyday.com
January 4, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Unsurprisingly, another insightful window into the nuts and bolts of a screenwriting career. Look forward to these every year!
My 12 favorite movies of 2024 (alphabetical order):
A Quiet Place: Day One
Alien: Romulus
Conclave
Heretic
Juror #2
Nosferatu
Rebel Ridge
Saturday Night
The Fall Guy
The Substance
The Wild Robot
Thelma
A Quiet Place: Day One
Alien: Romulus
Conclave
Heretic
Juror #2
Nosferatu
Rebel Ridge
Saturday Night
The Fall Guy
The Substance
The Wild Robot
Thelma
December 31, 2024 at 10:15 PM
My 12 favorite movies of 2024 (alphabetical order):
A Quiet Place: Day One
Alien: Romulus
Conclave
Heretic
Juror #2
Nosferatu
Rebel Ridge
Saturday Night
The Fall Guy
The Substance
The Wild Robot
Thelma
A Quiet Place: Day One
Alien: Romulus
Conclave
Heretic
Juror #2
Nosferatu
Rebel Ridge
Saturday Night
The Fall Guy
The Substance
The Wild Robot
Thelma
Floored by NOSFERATU. Transportive, haunting, unflinching. Eggers’ best yet.
December 29, 2024 at 4:10 AM
Floored by NOSFERATU. Transportive, haunting, unflinching. Eggers’ best yet.
CONCLAVE is powerful in so many unexpected ways.
December 21, 2024 at 7:50 AM
CONCLAVE is powerful in so many unexpected ways.
I will miss WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS terribly. What an incredible show.
December 18, 2024 at 5:22 AM
I will miss WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS terribly. What an incredible show.
CARRY-ON is such a pulse-pounding ride. Almost nothing is as satisfying as a tight thriller set in an everyday world that most people know little about.
December 15, 2024 at 11:06 PM
CARRY-ON is such a pulse-pounding ride. Almost nothing is as satisfying as a tight thriller set in an everyday world that most people know little about.
SPEAK NO EVIL is pure stress and devastating in a different way than the original. Great movie. Unhinged McAvoy is the best McAvoy.
December 7, 2024 at 7:25 AM
SPEAK NO EVIL is pure stress and devastating in a different way than the original. Great movie. Unhinged McAvoy is the best McAvoy.
Floored by how great THELMA is. June Squibb is a national treasure.
November 30, 2024 at 6:32 AM
Floored by how great THELMA is. June Squibb is a national treasure.
No one does historical epic like Ridley Scott. GLADIATOR II is huge in its scale, emotions and ideas. Would make a great double feature with MEGALOPOLIS.
November 24, 2024 at 1:20 AM
No one does historical epic like Ridley Scott. GLADIATOR II is huge in its scale, emotions and ideas. Would make a great double feature with MEGALOPOLIS.