The latest guest spots and conversations — most recent at the top.

• Upstream Color The Projection Booth · 2025
• Wet Hot American Summer A Tripp Through Comedy
• 1999 Year in Music Review feat. Dan & Jay
• Canuxploitation / Pin Genre Grinder
• 5 Favorite SNL Sketches Nick Digilio's SNL Podcast
• The Big Picture Jennifer Jason Leigh Podcast
• Cool For Cats feat. Patrick Ripoll
• Johnny Guitar Tumbleweeds & Cowboys
• Jim in Illinois Suicide Noted

  ⚠ Trigger warning: this episode discusses suicide and mental-health themes.

The flagship podcast — a director-by-director, year-by-year exploration of cinema since 2011. Episodes are organized below by series.

Full-length film commentaries — solo and with collaborators.

• Cloak & Daggerw/ Erik Childress
• Creepshoww/ Patrick Ripoll
• The Rapturesolo
• The Thing (1982)w/ Patrick Ripoll
• Final Destination 2Tracks of the Damned
• Friday the 13th Part 6Tracks of the Damned
• House of the DevilTracks of the Damned
• Jacob's LadderTracks of the Damned
• The Evil DeadTracks of the Damned
• Who Wants to Kill Jessie?Second Run · Projection Booth
• At Close RangeCinématographe · w/ Bill Ackerman

Conversations as a guest on other people's podcasts — organized by show.

Filmmakers, musicians, scholars, and friends — interviewed over the years. Links coming soon.

• Adam Schlesinger
• Aisling Franciosi
• Alan Sparhawk (Low)
• Alex Ross Perry
• Allan Moyle
• Andrew Davis
• Art & Pete
• Art Mayes
• Ben Nissen
• Bill Ackerman
• Bill Mohler
• Brad Silberling
• Bridey Elliott
• Carly Stone & Duncan Skiles
• Dr. Katrina Sifferd
• Emily Hagins
• Gillian Horvat
• Jeremy Saulnier, John Carney & Shelby Sifers
• Jess Hicks
• Jóhann Jóhannsson
• John McNaughton, Courtney Hunt & more
• Jonathan Millott & Kat Craft
• Karrie Hopper
• Kay Hanley
• Kevin J. O'Connor
• Kijak, Williams & Ritter
• Larry Fessenden
• Lea Thompson
• Lukas Dhont & Mia Hansen-Løve
• Martin Donovan
• Matthew Ross & Johnny Kervorkian
• Matthew Sweet
• Matt Johnson & Joshua Marston
• Meghan Lamb
• Melanie Lynskey
• Meredith Danluck
• Olivia Lilley
• Patrick Ripoll
• Rachel Grimes
• Ray Padgett
• Ryan Oestreich
• Sabrina Lloyd
• Samantha Mathis
• Sam Firstenberg
• Sam Jones
• Sara Goodman
• Shalloboi
• Simon Barrett
• Snowden Becker
• Stephen Tobolowsky
• Steven T. Hanley
• Tierney (The Pauses)
• Yoni Wolf (WHY?)
• Zoe Lister-Jones & Avi Nesher

Monday morning movie reviews on WGN, plus a few oddball segments — most recent first.

• Farewell to WGNMay 30, 2019
• Tolkien, Detective PikachuMay 13, 2019
• The Intruder, Hail Satan?May 5, 2019
• Under the Silver Lake, EndgameApr 29, 2019
• Her Smell, Teen SpiritApr 22, 2019
• High Life, Diane, Missing LinkApr 15, 2019
• Pet Sematary, Shazam!Apr 8, 2019
• Sunset, Starfish, DumboApr 1, 2019
• Us · RIP Larry CohenMar 25, 2019
• So Bad They're Good2002
• Plus 30+ additional WGN appearances from 2016 — 2018 (full list pending)

Visual work made over the past several years.

• The Switching DivisionVimeo
• Silent TypeVimeo
• The Past Is HereVimeo
• Full IMDB ProfileIMDB

Songs recorded under Garden on a Trampoline/Jim laczkowski

• Song ArchiveAll Recordings
• 100% SweetBandcamp
• SoundcloudMostly Covers
• Live at Harold Washington AuditoriumVimeo

Published essays and physical-media commentary writing.

• Song for John Darnielle The Sunset Tree at 20 · Broad Sound
• Who Wants to Kill Jessie? Projection Booth commentary · Second Run
• At Close Range 4K w/ Bill Ackerman · Cinématographe