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The Czech cover for A FRIEND IS A GIFT YOU GIVE YOURSELF feels cut from the same cloth as posters for ‘80s comic crime movies I grew up loving & I think it’s damn hilarious. Also, my Czech publisher mostly just publishes Stephen King, which is really cool.

Another late addition to my favorite albums of the year. A stunner from @heathervalleymusic that’s capable of crashing and rising in the same breath. Thunder, shadows, and then steady light. Lands somewhere between Jason Molina, Gillian Welch, and Mazzy Star.

Crazy watching BLEAK STREET—only my second Ripstein—right after TIME TO DIE. A bonkers film but goddamn it’s beautifully shot. Ripstein’s amazing with mirrors and reflections and especially with camera movement. Plays like a scummy Poverty Row B noir. Weird and dangerous-feeling and pretty damn memorable.

Brooding under a target.

If you have MUBI or Kanopy, I recommend the hell out of Arturo Ripstein’s TIME TO DIE from 1966 (it’s also rentable elsewhere and available on Blu-Ray). A melancholy Mexican revenge Western. Script by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Carlos Fuentes (!). One of my favorite first time viewings this year. A revelation.

Thanks to Gabino Iglesias for choosing A FRIEND IS A GIFT YOU GIVE YOURSELF as one of his favorite books of the year for NPR’s Book Concierge. Lots of incredible stuff in this year-end reading guide. Honored as hell to be included.

Oxford pals: Excited as hell to host @jpkssongs & @spinkytommysongs at our place tomorrow! Hope to see you here! Link to tickets in Pete’s bio.

Excited to finally be able to share news about something I've been working on for the last seven months. I'm guest editor for the noir volume of Nicolas Winding Refn's @bynwr_official. If you're unfamiliar, it's a free site where Refn and his team restore neglected films and a guest editor builds a digital magazine bouncing off (however loosely) whatever films have been chosen. Contributors include @sarahweinman, @gabino_iglesias, @aceatkins, @brbjdo, @violetlevoit, @scottadlerberg, @lauraleebahr, @tylerdawsonkeith, and @oldfilmsflicker. My intro is now live--link in bio. The three chapters will post in March, April, and May.

Epigraphs to COST OF LIVING by Martyna Majok.

Blazer Boys Thanksgiving

Behold Joe Fuckin’ Pesci in this THE IRISHMAN: IN CONVERSATION special feature.

I love Phoebe Waller-Bridge so much.

from Douglas Sirk’s THE TARNISHED ANGELS

Speaking of Alan Rudolph, I noticed that his most recent movie (and his first in 16 years), RAY MEETS HELEN, is now on Prime. Folks seemed not to think too highly of it, but I truly loved it and am excited to watch again. Probably not the best entry point if you’ve never seen a Rudolph movie, but if you love CHOOSE ME, TROUBLE IN MIND, LARGER THAN LIFE, AFTERGLOW, and any others, well, it’s an uncompromising return, a movie in love with love and movies, set in an L.A. straight out of Rudolph’s beautiful imagination. Features Sondra Locke in her final performance and great turns from Keith Carradine, Keith David, Samantha Mathis, Jennifer Tilly, and Kim Wayans.

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Summer Shoveling

May 30, 2014William BoyleMemphis Magazine, Shoveling Out, William Boyle Leave a comment

My story, “Shoveling Out,” in the June issue of Memphis Magazine with a great illustration by Zach Rossman.

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