Hanging out with Gillian Anderson & Hannah Einbinder at a popup event at the Wallis the other day to promote the wildly entertaining new film Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma -GO SEE IT when it opens TONITE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7th!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE The Odyssey, which we saw with some dear friends this past Sunday night at 11 pm in 70 mm IMAX at the Regal LA Live Theater....The Odyssey will bring up a lot of things, but at its core it's really a father and son story. Masterpiece is word often thrown around these days, but this is one time where that title is truly earned and deserved… Much like J. Robert Oppenheimer, Odysseus must contend with being the architect of human suffering, whether it’s the nucl

So thrilled that the deeply moving, powerful inspiring short film Through My Eyes was selected for the Film Independent Future Filmmakers Showcase. Yesterday Audrey Chang (pictured here) had the opportunity to share why she chose to tell her sister Sophia’s (also pictured here) story through film. With only about 1,500 known cases of DDX3X syndrome worldwide, many people have never even heard of it. Audrey made Through My Eyes to raise awareness of DDX3X syndrome and help oth

hanging out with my dear friends Jane Oak, who I've known for over 25 years, as we were immigration law colleagues since back in the early 2000's, & her husband Harry Yoon, who I've known for over 10 years, since attending their wedding in January of 2015, after Harry was awarded a Film Independent Changemaker Award earlier this week for his wonderful work over the years as a film editor, including on the upcoming Spiderman movie (which I'm recommending everyone go see in a d

Hanging out with my fellow Principled Rebel Gregg Araki, director & co-writer of the darkly comic erotic thriller I Want Your Sex, after tonight's Film Independent screening at the Linwood Dunn Theater...Funny, messy, and unapologetically alive, I Want Your Sex finds Gregg Araki reflecting on desire, identity, and emotional honesty with the same rebellious spirit that has defined his work for decades, just like my darkly comic debut memoir Killing Justice riffs on those same

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this darkly comic, erotic thriller...Funny, messy, and unapologetically alive, I Want Your Sex finds Gregg Araki reflecting on desire, identity, and emotional honesty with the same rebellious spirit that has defined his work for decades, just like my darkly comic debut memoir Killing Justice riffs on those same themes with a similar rebellious spirit-as Gregg Araki & I are both "Principled Rebels" .....GO SEE IT when it opens on July 31st, & then go see the n

Hanging out with Honey Lauren, writer/director of the powerful, deeply moving & inspiring film Mistake, after it screened at last month's NewFilmmakers Los Angeles monthly film festival...like my debut memoir Killing Justice, Mistake explores a painful journey toward self-recognition while exploring identity, alienation, love, and the cost of forcing human lives into rigid social expectations...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY0S8-z34wU

hanging out with Jessica Fecteau, writer/director of the wonderful, darkly comic music video Have You Never Seen Birds?, which playfully explores the theme of religious trauma, as does Killing Justice, after it screened as part of the NewFilmmakers Los Angeles monthly film festival Saturday, which featured Canadian Cinema...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdu9Ci1ZfeY

Hanging out with Dabney Morris, composer for the wonderful new Netflix film Color Book, (SO GO SEE IT in theaters if you still can, or on Netflix), as it immerses us in a beautiful father/son story (as does Killing Justice), while also offering both representation and inspiration for all those with Down's Syndrome, much like I Swear does for those with Tourette's, & much like I hope to for foster kids & adoptees with Orphan Rising, our upcoming screen adaptation of my debut m

Hanging out with Joe Bird, who co-stars with Stacy Clausen in the deeply unsettling new horror film Leviticus, after a Film Independent screening & Q&A at the Harmony Gold Theatre a month ago...There’s an astonishing beauty in the flames of this rebuttal of ancient codes of morality that left no room for grace, words which also describe one of the central themes of my debut memoir Killing Justice...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXuK0vlFxII

hanging out with Mason Novick, producer of the darkly comic horror film Forbidden Fruits, after last night's Film Independent screening, a film which centers around the theme of the "longing for belonging"...as does my debut darkly comic prison memoir (& as will my upcoming film) Killing Justice/Orphan Rising...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nyUCq9k7_0

promo photo for Forbidden Fruits, a darkly comic horror film I got to enjoy a free Film Independent screening of 2nite...which centers around the theme of the "longing for belonging"...as does my debut darkly comic prison memoir (& as will my upcoming film) Killing Justice/Orphan Rising...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nyUCq9k7_0

Hanging out with Christian Nilsson, writer/director of the atmospheric, meditative, yet deeply penetrating, multiple-award winning feature Westhampton, which wrestles with powerful themes like accountability, healing, and forgiveness, as does Killing Justice, & which opens this weekend at the Laemmle Royal...SO GO SEE IT!...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtahHCazAVA

hanging out with Sheldon Candis, writer/director of the wonderful new film "They Fight", which transforms a real-life story of mentorship and resilience, just like Killing Justice, into a moving boxing drama that is as much about second chances as it is about competition, which explores the difficult road to redemption through the eyes of Walt Manigan (André Holland from Moonlight), a man determined to rebuild his life after being released from prison while helping others fin

Vanessa Global Entertainment announcment of their involvement in the Killing Justice Book to Screen Adaptation Project, and involves a collaboration between myself and award-winning Canadian filmmaker Bernard Gray and Italian executive producers Claudia Moretto and Nina Monica Scalabrin

hanging out with Kiah Alexandria Clingman, one of the producers of the wonderful new Netflix film Color Book, which has been playing in theaters since June 20th, so GO SEE IT, as it immerses us in a beautiful father/son story (as does Killing Justice), while also offering both representation and inspiration for all those with Down's Syndrome, much like I Swear does for those with Tourette's, & much like I hope to for foster kids & adoptees with Orphan Rising, our upcoming scr

hanging out with Amaya Jacques, who stars in the beautiful, inspiring short film Band Practice , which, like Killing Justice, explores the theme of trying to figure out who the people are that you can be your true self with, after last weekend's NewFilmMakers Los Angeles screening...https://vimeo.com/1103300535

hanging out with Diana Khong, co-writer & co-director of the beautiful, inspiring short film Band Practice, which, like Killing Justice, explores the theme of trying to figure out who the people are that you can be your true self with, after yesterday's NewFilmMakers Los Angeles screening...https://vimeo.com/1103300535

hanging out with David Fortune, writer/director of the wonderful new Netflix film Color Book, which opens in theaters THIS WEEKEND (SO GO SEE IT!), as it immerses us in a beautiful father/son story (as does Killing Justice), while also offering both representation and inspiration for all those with Down's Syndrome, much like I Swear does for those with Tourette's, & much like I hope to for foster kids & adoptees with Orphan Rising, our upcoming screen adaptation of my debut m

Hanging out with actor Will Catlett, who stars in the wonderful new Netflix film Color Book, which opens in theaters TODAY (SO GO SEE IT!), as it immerses us in a beautiful father/son story (as does Killing Justice), while also offering both representation and inspiration for all those with Down's Syndrome, much like I Swear does for those with Tourette's, & much like I hope to for foster kids & adoptees with Orphan Rising, our upcoming screen adaptation of my debut memoir Ki