Rob Weychert

🎬 Added to the film diary: Triple Fisher: The Lethal Lolitas of Long Island Dan Kapelovitz, 2012, ★★★★ PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia, PA Pineapple Express David Gordon Green, 2008, ★★ 📖 Added to the reading diary: Little Tales of Misogyny Patricia Highsmith, 19…

In my dream, MAGA went manga in a new season of House of Cards.

🎬 René Laloux, 1987, ★★★ My long overdue first visit to Lightbox Film Center’s new location in the Bok building after UArts’s untimely demise two years ago.

📖 Added to the reading diary: Blitzkrieg Bops: A Brief History of Punks at War Alli Patton, 2024 🎬 Added to the film diary: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls Russ Meyer, 1970, ★★★★★ Tagged: September 2026 Reply via email Shop discount for RSS subscribers!

🎬 Added to the film diary: Desperate Teenage Lovedolls David Markey, 1984 Frisk Todd Verow, 1995, ★★ PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia, PA Jackie Brown Quentin Tarantino, 1997, ★★★★ Ali: Fear Eats the Soul Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974, ★★★★ Don’t Say a Word Gary…

🎤 Shudder to Think and Miss Grit I waited almost 30 years for this and it was basically perfect.

🎤 Thor & Friends and Hour Thor & Friends Hour Fire Museum Presents started putting on events for adventurous arts lovers in Philly in 2007, but between my departure the following year and my return during Covid, I only just discovered them earlier this ye…

🎬 Gary Fleder, 2003, ★★★ I’ve never really had any interest in John Grisham’s work, but for some reason we’ve been watching the film adaptations the last few Sundays, and this one might be my favorite so far!

💿 Added to the music library: Soundtracks for the Blind Swans, 1996 Bulgar Gaydas Cüneyt Sepetçi, 2017 Heathen Spirituals Thor & Friends, 2025 🎬 Added to the film diary: The Firm Sydney Pollack, 1993, ★★★ Tagged: September 2026 Reply via email Shop discou…

🎬 Robert Butler, 1980, ★★★★ I hadn’t heard of this one before its recent Blu-ray upgrade, and what a gem!

🎧 My most-played music for the month Top artists Artist Plays Nomeansno 165 ZZ Top 100 Hüsker Dü 94 Prince 80 Cocteau Twins 77 Zorn 69 Googoosh Dolls 60 Ida 55 Gang of Four 45 Sunny Day Real Estate 30 Tyondai Braxton 30 Top albums Album Plays Wrong Nomean…

💿 Added to the music library: Splayed Werks Tyondai Braxton, 2026 2 Big to Rig (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Live) Ghost, 2026 Marrow Deep Mastodon, 2026 🎬 Added to the film diary: The Rainmaker Francis Ford Coppola, 1997, ★★½ Tagged: August 2026…

💿 Andrew W.K., 2026 In these early days of a post-BrooklynVegan world, who knows how long it would have taken for me to catch wind of Temptation to Exist, today’s surprise release from your best friend and mine, Andrew W.K., but thankfully my buddy Smo in…

🎬 Doug Pray, 1996, ★★★½ The interviews get pretty repetitive in this rock doc about the post-“Smells Like Teen Spirit” feeding frenzy in Seattle, but they’re well worth sitting through for the film’s treasure trove of live footage of a ton of great bands…

🎬 Added to the film diary: The Pelican Brief Alan J.

🎬 David Allingham, 2010 I find that a terrible movie that broadcasts its amateur maker’s steep learning curve is usually more interesting than a terrible movie made by a professional for whom it was just another day at the office.