poster for Hamnet, Chloe Zhao's truly transcendent masterpiece, which reveals that Shakespeare, like Kafka, also had an abusive father, much like my adoptive mom, but which also shines a spotlight on the healing power of art, as does my debut memoir Killing Justice

hanging out with Bishara Haroni, the amazing Palestinian pianist featured, along with his musical partner the amazing Israeli pianist, Yaron Kohlberg, (who couldn't make it to the event as his wife is having a baby), in the award-winning, inspiring short film Amal/Hope, after yesterday's screening & performance by Bishara at the Steinway Piano Gallery in Pasadena..."make music not war"... https://mubi.com/en/films/amal-hope/trailer

hanging out with renowned director Agnieszka Holland after a screening of her latest surreal masterpiece Franz, which features a father/son relationship which mirrors the mother/son relationship at the heart of my debut memoir Killing Justice, at Soho House yesterday

hanging out with my new friend Stephen Nesmeth & my other new friend Idan Weiss, who does an extraordinary job playing Kafka in Agnieszka Holland's new surreal masterpiece Franz, which features a father/son  relationship which mirrors the mother/son relationship at the heart of my debut memoir Killing Justice, at Soho House yesterda

hanging out with Sepideh Farsi, director of the urgent, heart-wrenching, and deeply personal Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, after last night's screening at the Laemmle Monica

hanging out with Andrew Abrahams, director of the powerful, deeply moving new documentary Complicated, about both medical & legal abuses of power encountered by families with children with a complicated medical condition...This is a film every medical, legal, and social service professional needs to see-and everyone else should too...& the legal abuses of power in the film reminded me of litany of legal abuses to be found in my debut memoir, Killing Justice...

hanging out with Kim Magnusson, producer of "Snipped", a wonderful short film about coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians, (& a perfect companion film to both Nuremberg & All That's Left of You, both of which are about unhealed trauma, (as is my debut memoir Killing Justice), & both of which I'd just seen Wednesday), after Thursday night's screening at CAA

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this truly transcendent film about multigenerational trauma, as is my debut memoir Killing Justice...your humanity is your resistance!

well-deserved nominations for this truly transcendent, ecstatic, euphoric masterpiece I got a chance to see in glorious 70mm at the Aero last night...which, even in its moments of imbalance, reinforces the powerful truth that one person's unwavering faith can, quite literally, shake the world, which is also a central theme of my debut memoir Killing Justice...

hanging out with Kathleen Chalfant, star of the powerful, deeply moving film Familiar Touch, after yesterday's screening at UTA, where she does an extraordinary job of portraying the struggle for empowerment by so many who are in assisted living facilities, including my own adoptive mom

Hanging out with Gus Van Sant after last night's screening of his new gripping, darkly comic masterpiece "Dead Man's Wire", based on a true story...(just like my debut memoir, Killing Justice, is gripping & darkly comic & based on a true story, lol)...

LOVE this powerful, deeply moving film! The Chronology of Water” is a 2025 film directed by Kristen Stewart, marking her feature directorial debut. It is based on the acclaimed 2011 memoir of the same name by Lidia Yuknavitch, which explores themes of trauma, survival, and redemption through a deeply personal lens, as does my debut memoir Killing Justice.

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 willing 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