Mr. Brooks. Two things I really like here: 1) villainous Kevin Costner (cf. A Perfect World) and 2) showing the subconscious/alter ego/devil on the shoulder in William Hurt. I think the plot might have a bit too much going on, but it's fun stuff.

The Uninvited (2009). A remake of a Korean film. Elizabeth Banks and David Strathairn are just about always worth a watch, but this one can be skipped. Less than 90 minutes though! Maybe I just prefer more loose ends?

Klute. A young Jane Fonda and a young Donald Sutherland. I don't remember ever seeing them performing young. Didn't love the movie, but just to see and understand the early talent is cool. Good companion films: Three Days of the Condor, The Parallax View, All the President's Men, Night Moves.

Night Moves. This was great. So much despair in sunny places. Gene Hackman has a crazy amount of charisma. (The more recent and unrelated movie called Night Moves is good, too.)

Psycho. Revival showing on a big screen. The movie has gotten better as a I age. Funny how that works. I appreciated it so much more this time around. Filed under: Hitchcock.

Mulholland Falls. If you must watch an early/mid-century L.A. crime tale, let it be Chinatown instead.

The Fly (1986). Excellent. I hadn't seen this in ages. I remember watching it as a kid and being kinda bored and impatient. Totally different experience as an adult. You kinda know what's coming and it's supported and pushed the whole way with the character development. Fun performance.

You Were Never Really Here. I don't really... get it... but Phoenix is great. I'm glad he's finding himself some oddball roles to live in.

Trust. Pretty good. And sad. But count me in for anything featuring Keener and Davis.

A Star Is Born (2018). Didn't fall in love with it as it seems so many others did. Really loved the first hour or so. The build-ups to the musical set-pieces were perfectly manipulative – such perfect pace and timing and stakes. Ally's career seemed a bit too easy and magical, and the snapshots of whirlwind success kinda killed the second half for me. But it's not just her story. Good stuff.