RECOMMENDED VIEWING

FOXCATCHER (2014)

Directed by Bennett Miller.

30 for 30: BRIAN AND THE BOZ (2014)

Directed by Thaddeus D. Matula. 

Really interesting, real-life story about the rise and fall of a man's alter-ego. 

A MOST WANTED MAN (2014)

Directed by Anton Corbijn. 

A film unafraid to take its time to tell the story. Recommended. 

THE ONE I LOVE (2014)

MILIUS (2013)

Directed by Joey Figueroa, Zak Knutson.

The story of the man behind all your favorite things from all your favorite movies. John Milius. 

TABLOID (2010)

Directed by Errol Morris.

UNDEFEATED (2011)

Directed by Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin.

INEQUALITY FOR ALL (2013)

Directed by Jacob Cornbluth.

Based on the book Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future by Robert Reich. 

A documentary that speaks directly to its viewer. Robert Reich informs and urges you to take action because it's up to us. 

Highly Recommended. 

DR. STRANGELOVE: OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (1964)

DR. STRANGELOVE: OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (1964)

Directed by Stanley Kubrick.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Peter Sellers is perfect. Kubrick's attention to detail never disappoints. 

THE CONVERSATION (1974)

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. 

Highly Recommended. Coppola takes his time to tell an incredibly unnerving story. 

TOM SEGURA: COMPLETELY NORMAL (2014)

Must watch list! Segura is a talented, funny storyteller. He deserves more fame, tell your friends.

MAD MEN (2007-2014)

Highly Anticipated!  I can hardly wait for the premiere of the latest - and sadly, final - season of Mad Men that I had to gush a little.   

What will happen to the agency? What is Don Draper going to do? What other awkward moments will Sally endure as she transitions from adolescence to adulthood? And hundreds of other questions the show’s Season 6 finale left me wondering. 

Viewers shouldn’t worry about Don Draper’s ability to reinvent himself in the wake of his mandatory leave of absence from the agency because Dick Whitman invented Don to begin with... "Don Draper doesn’t exist. He’s merely a particularly dapper suit that Dick Whitman is trying on for size. On Mad Men, identity is what’s fungible, not nature. Times change, and marriages, jobs, and fashion do too. In Weiner’s ’60s, you adapt or you fall behind.”*

Mad Men is a rare show which takes the time to develop characters that make difficult choices in order to preserve or destroy themselves at the sake of others -  much like real life:

"Those who pine for the sharp clothes, the alpha alcoholism, are missing the point. We don’t watchMad Men because we want to be them. We are them, cursed to live in interesting times we occasionally wish could get just a little duller, if only to give us a chance to catch our breath.”*

I hope (and at the same time and confident) that creator Matthew Weiner has the guts to stay the course. 

SLEEPING BEAUTY (2011)

Written and Directed by Julia Leigh.

This film is incredible. Prepare to feel uncomfortable for all the right reasons. 

SLEEPING BEAUTY (2011)

LOST ANGELS: SKID ROW IS MY HOME (2010)

Directed by Thomas Q. Napper.

The saddest and most beautiful true story. 

Highly recommended.