2025 Mental Filmness Film Festival Coverage Part One
Reviews of titles that have played/currently playing the Mental Filmness film festival - one of my favorite festivals on the planet!
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Mental Filmness Film Festival: A Groundbreaking Celebration of Mental Health Through The Art of Cinema
Attend this! Not just for my own short film portraying mental health, but for many other talented filmmakers as well - Oct 10th and 11th - Chicago Hope Academy (2189 West Bowler St) starting at 7pm!
The Holy Mountain (1973) (dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky)
Holy shit! I just saw The Holy Mountain. Here are my thoughts on first viewing with likely more to come in the future. This work of art is another reason I love movies.
4 Blu Reviews + A New Documentary!
Catching up with a slew of titles I've been meaning to sit down and write about including some new Blu-rays that were sent my way as well as a wild new documentary that I highly recommend!
Bonus Episode: One Battle After Another (feat. Bill Ackerman, Patrick Ripoll)
One podcast after another talking about the latest work from my favorite filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson with two exceptional cinephiles, podcasters and friends! 90 minutes of nerding out about OBOA!
One Battle After Another (2025) (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
PTA made a crackerjack of a movie at a time of extreme anxiety, huge changes in my life and made it in a way that only he could achieve. OBOA is one of his very best and easily the film of 2025 so far
B-Side Me #1: Smashing Pumpkins
A brand-new music spin-off version of Director's Club, only this time, it's all about music co-hosted with my intelligent, talented fiancée Sharon.