of the Endless

Favorite 'new-to-me' films of February: • Blood Wedding (Carlos Saura, 1981) • The Untouchables (Brian De Palma, 1987) • Death and the Maiden (Roman Polanski, 1994) • It Could Happen to You (Andrew Bergman, 1994) • Affliction (Paul Schrader, 1997) • Like Someone in Love (Abbas Kiarostami, 2012) • Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (Dean Fleischer Camp, 2021) • Old (M. Night Shyamalan, 2021) • Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In (Warren Beatty, Chris Merrill, 2023) • Knock at the Cabin (M. Night Shyamalan, 2023)

David Bowie and his contingency of superstar guests blew the big steel doors off of Madison Square Garden on January 9, 1997 during his 50th birthday bash. The supporting cast included such luminaries as Frank Black of Pixies, Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters, Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth, Robert Smith of the Cure, Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins, and the King of New York, Mr. Lou Reed.

Favorite 'new-to-me' films of January: • Bitter Rice (Giuseppe De Santis, 1949) • Deep End (Jerzy Skolimowski, 1970) • Serpico (Sidney Lumet, 1973) • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (Joseph Sargent, 1974) • Moonstruck (Norman Jewison, 1987) • Cape Fear (Martin Scorsese, 1991) • Matinee (Joe Dante, 1993) • Crimson Tide (Tony Scott, 1995) • The Full Monty (Peter Cattaneo, 1997) • Bringing Out the Dead (Martin Scorsese, 1999) • The Limey (Steven Soderbergh, 1999) • Chinese Coffee (Al Pacino, 2000) • Matchstick Men (Ridley Scott, 2003) • Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Shane Black, 2005) • Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (Joel Crawford, 2022)

David Bowie Is Dead 2018 • 16m Written & Directed by: Mark Jenkin A stream-of-consciousness road trip through London in the turblent wake of David Bowie's death, using footage filmed since 1993 until that day.