It’s been a weird week here so far, rising early and packing all day, then trying to do something we’ve either waited all year to do, or wanted to do one last time before we left. We’ve got a pretty good handle on the stuff in the apartment, except for all of those last items […]

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The amazing Karen Freeman, whose work I have chronicled here over the past few years, used to leave bizarre, incoherent and intense voicemails on my work telephone. After I left work, I could no longer check if she was still actively calling, but back in March, I received an email from a gentleman named David, […]

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This weekend saw a busy whirlwind of activity, beginning on Thursday with the arrival of my parents and my introduction of a screening of The Lost Weekend on the 100th anniversary of the birth of Billy Wilder, which was a nice event. The next day, Aimee had her last day at work and we had […]

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It’s been awhile, once again, but it’s been a busy while. The last few weeks have been a whirlwind of job applications, interviews, and somewhat agonizing decisions. The net result of all of the phone calls, emails, pro/con lists, and heartfelt conversations with family and friends is that next month, we’re moving to Los Angeles. […]

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It’s already/finally June, and our year in Rochester is swiftly coming to a close. Last week, I returned from my last trip of the year for school, an exciting week in Dayton, Ohio – maybe an overstatement – visiting the Library of Congress film facilities as well as the National Museum of the United States […]

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