Hello from Garageland
dirt roads and trees trees trees
I am officially a writer
A quick one. I’m on a writing residency at Ucross, my first official writing residency, which is mindblowing and glorious—I’m hoarding every moment until I...
22 hours in Iceland, my NYC premiere
I have two more festivals to add to the lineup: My “distinctly modern” “deeply classic” “dreamy and dirty” road movie, Where in the Hell, is playing Twin...
Instagram = a negative force ??
Hello from Montana! It's dawn as I draft this, and I'm riding in a passenger van, past yellow fields and sleepy black cows and enormous bales of hay. Little...
An interview, a Nordic Better Things, a summer shoe dilemma
Hello friends!! 1. I'll get movie updates out of the way first. Where in the Hell is playing the Full Bloom Film Festival, in Statesville, NC, September...
fledgling season, upcoming events
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our first award
best comedy feature
LA premiere, Long Beach tacos 🎬🌮
Hello dear friends. The world is falling apart, it seems. The US of A is coming off the rails. And here's me in my little house, head down, fixating on my...
a gift from the Santa Anas (?), a spy novel, a feminist movie about moviemaking
Welcome to February, friends. I've been at a loss for what to say, but here's what I've got. 1. Our front gate got blown down by the Santa Anas (along with a...
roos, reviews, and an interview
What a month, huh. I’m drafting this on my porch in Los Angeles, mostly settled back in after the whirlwind of premiering in St. Louis and Melbourne. We sold...
Film fests, here we come
DISCLAIMER: It feels bizarre to be sending this as the election looms. It feels bizarre to be heading off to film festivals! But here we go. The world...
teasing some news
Somehow it's been three months. The bullet points: Denman Island was perfect, though the blackberries were not yet ripe. Our car got stolen, stripped,...
smack in the middle (of summer)
How is it that June 20 feels like the cusp of summer, and by July 3 we're smack in the middle?? I already feel panicked that I’ve wasted it. I'm not good at...
falafel tacos, snow and ice, suburban mom cosplay
I spent a big chunk of January in Boston. The flight was cheap, I had no in-person obligations in LA, and I wanted to celebrate S's birthday with her. It's...
The best (and one worst) of 2023
Best birthday cake I made for R, a large portion of which oozed out of the springform pan and burned on the bottom of the oven, but was spectacular...
movie updates, silver pants, Michelin-approved tacos
I think I've diagnosed the problem. The minute I suggested that people sign up for this newsletter to get "jaunty, periodic updates" on Where in the Hell, I...
the reviews are in, sort of 😆💀
We've been test screening Where in the Hell over the past week or so, the idea being that it's wise to share with an eclectic group of people, not all...
Bridget Everett, birria, and a gray LA
May blurred by with short trips to Orlando and Maine, and a mild case of Covid I caught somewhere along the way. The Cov doused cold water all over my...
It's a real movie
Spring has descended in LA, a strange, gray spring, and I'm recklessly overdue sending a newsletter. In my own defense (not that anyone has accused me of...
How is it August already?
I've been in limbo these past months. Staying in. Rehabbing my wrists. Making small, meaningful strides with the edit, though we've got a long way to go....