Curent Project: Krzysztof Kieslowski

I’ve been in the blogging business for a very long time — more than 20 years in various forms. Ever since I began my Montaigne project in 2011, it has been an essential part of my method, a means for discipline, the way I enforce my daily writing habit by

It’s very satisfying for me to delete essays from this site. Why? Because it means that the material has found its way into a book — therefore you can no longer access it here for free. Today, I brought to market three books: THINGS WE DON’T SEE, my book

As I wrote yesterday, I’ll soon begin a new project focusing on the 1976 film “Network,” directed by Sidney Lumet and written by three-time Oscar winner Paddy Chayefsky. It might be a week or two before this project begins, I need to clear up the backlog of projects that

Today I wrapped up my series on “Yi Yi,”which took more than a month to complete. I’ll be publishing an ebook on “Yi Yi” right away, so read the free essays while you can, they’ll likely be gone by next week. I will then spend some time

As I’ve expressed on this blog before, I’m a huge fan of Iranian cinema. I saw quite a few movies in 2025, and Iranian filmmakers gave the world two of the best — Jafar Pahani’s anti-revenge masterpiece “It Was Just an Accident” and the Oscar nominated documentary “Cutting

Oscar nominations were announced this morning, I don’t think I’ve ever seen more of the nominees across all categories as I have this year — including all of the nominees for Best Picture, International Film, Director and Screenplay categories. So here are my thoughts about what transpired: “Sentimental Value”