Hanging out with Charlie Polinger, writer/director of the powerful, deeply resonant new film The Plague, which wrestles with the theme of how much of our self we may be wiling to sacrifice in order to belong, as does my debut memoir Killing Justice, after this morning's Film Independent screening at Laemmle NoHo

Hanging out with Luca Castellani, actor in & producer for the powerful, deeply moving new short film America, after last night's Variety Screening at the London West Hollywood. From a story born out of truth and urgency to an Oscar®-qualified short, AMERICA stands as a testament to the power of empathy and human connection. This film was only possible thanks to the extraordinary vision of Aly Muritiba, the dedication of every artist involved, and the courage to tell a story t

hanging out with Katy O'Brian, who stars in the darkly comic, wildly entertaining Queens of the Dead, after tonight's screening at AMC Century City, & which opens this weekend, so GO SEE IT!

hanging out with Catherine Gund, after a screening of "Paint Me a Road Out of Here", the powerful, inspiring documentary she directed, at the Getty last night, one of the themes of which is the power of art to liberate, which is also a central theme of my debut memoir Killing Justice, which is now being adapted for the screen

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this truly transcendent show, which finds humanity in the bleakest of spaces here and while it doesn’t absolve its characters of their sins, it does offer them a bridge to understand each other and a chance – no matter how brief – for redemption, as does my debut memoir, Killing Justice, and as will its upcoming screen adaptation, the working title for which is Orphan Rising.

YAY! The 37th Amazon review for my memoir, Killing Justice, which I'm currently working with my Canadian filmmaker friend Bernard Gray to adapt for the screen...page-turner chaostocalm beautyoflife beautyofself perseverance perspective desperation acceptance awakening humanexperience celebration vulnerability forgiveness

hanging out with Jason Clarke, after a screening of the powerful series premiere of "Murdaugh: Death in the Family", & after he agreed to check out my debut memoir Killing Justice, in case he might want a role in the film adaptation of it

Hanging out with Flor De Alcis, one of the stars of the wonderful new film "Love the Skin You're In", which was the opening night featured film at the La Femme International Film Festival at the Regal LA Live Theatre last night, & which features a complicated father/daughter relationship which mirrors closely the complicated mother/son relationship at the heart of Killing Justice

hanging out with Emmy-winning writer Dan Gilroy after a screening of 2 episodes of Andor he wrote followed by a Q&A entitled War, Justice & Democracy in Andor. Was inspired by how Dan is super passionate about abuses of power, as his father was in the military in WWII & liberated the 1st of the concentration camps, just as my reading Elie Wiesel's novels & Of Blood & Hope by Samuel Pisar, another holocaust survivor, awakened a similar passion in me, as did my being subjected

poster for the powerful, deeply moving new film Christy, which I got to enjoy a free Film Independent screening of at the Pacific Design...

Hanging out with the courageous whistleblower John Kiriakou at a USC screening of the stunning doc Silenced back in February of 2016, as...

Love, love, love this powerful, deeply moving film...which traces the dramatic journey of several veterans who lost one of their brothers...

did my 1st Podcast Interview Wednesday with Lafaya Mitchell, pictured here, for her wonderful Lafaya Way Podcast, which should be edited...

hanging out with Derek Cianfrance, director & co-writer of the new darkly comic true crime story Roofman, (with some overlapping themes...

hanging out with Isabel Deroy-Olson, whose luminous performance, along with that of her co-star Lily Gladstone, is at the heart of the...

hanging out with Ethan Hawke, after tonight's screening of the season premiere of The Lowdown at the Hollywood Legion, & after I gave him...

hanging out with Siena East, who plays the deadpan Deidra who helps Ethan Hawke's 'Lee Raybon' keep his shop, Hoot Owl Books, in...

Sterlin Harjo & Ethan Hawke doing a live podcast recording of The Watch after a screening of the series premiere of FX's darkly comic...

movie poster for Life of Chuck, the truly transcendent film I watched flying back from Toronto, which parallels many of the themes of...

hanging out with Bernard Gray, my Canadian filmmaker friend and cowriter for the Killing Justice film adaptation project at Jack Astor's...