A question prompted by repeated viewings of One Battle After Another . . . What do I think are the Greatest Movies Ever Made? [as of April 2026 . . . subject to change 🙂 ] Robert Altman’s masterpiece The Player has movie exec Griffin Mills’ list the elements that make a successful film: “Suspense, […]
Greatest Movies Ever Made — Brian’s Version
April 12th, 2026 · No Comments · Movies
Tags: Alan Pakula·Alfred Hitchcock·Arthur Miller·Christopher Guest·Damien Chazelle·David Fincher·David Mamet·George Roy Hill·James Mangold·John Huston·Martin Scorsese·Michael Wadleigh·Mike Nichols·Norman Jewison·Paul Thomas Anderson·Quentin Tarantino·Rian Johnson·Rob Reiner·Robert Altman·Robert Zemeckis·Steven Soderbergh·Tony Scott
Best Movies Watched in 2025
December 11th, 2025 · 5 Comments · Movies
Best Movies Watched in 2025 . Since people seem to love year-end lists — from critics’ picks to people’s own music streaming results — Sky suggested I make one for the best movies I watched this year. Never did one of these before, but thought I could share some highlights that might lead some to […]
Tags: Arthur Miller·Benicio Del Toro·Brad Pitt·Dustin Hoffman·Edgar Wright·Gabriel LaBelle·James Mangold·Jason Reitman·Jerry Garcia·Jonah Hill·Leonardo DiCaprio·Martin Scorsese·Martin Sheen·Paul Thomas Anderson·Penny Marshall·Philip Seymour Hoffman·Robert Altman·Robert Redford·Spike Jonze·The Grateful Dead·Timothée Chalamet·Tom Hanks
The Day I Thanked Arthur Miller
January 29th, 2025 · 6 Comments · Real-life Adventure Tales, Weird Things About Me
The Day I Thanked Arthur Miller One of the nice things about living in Manhattan — you often bump into and sometimes get to talk to really smart people on the sidewalk. When they’re famous, mostly you just nod acknowledgment and smile — like seeing Robin Williams walking and playing with his son on […]
Tags: Arthur Miller·Colin Powell·Death of a Salesman·Dustin Hoffman·Ed White·Eugene O'Neill·Herbert Berghof·Huckleberry Finn·Jack Kerouac·John Malkovich·Kate Reid·Phyllis Condon·Robin Williams·Sam Shepard·Stephen Lang·Tennessee Williams·Timothy Leary·Uta Hagen
The Play’s The Thing
April 30th, 2021 · 4 Comments · New York City, Real-life Adventure Tales
The Play’s The Thing 113 different Playbills that survived. An approximate history of my life in theater audiences . . . Some of the highlights . . . which you can see the Playbills of in chronological order starting at the top . . . Mousetrap — London — 1972 — the longest running play […]
Tags: Alan Cumming·Alec Baldwin·Amy Wright·Arthur Miller·Bill Irwin·Bob Dylan·Cabaret·David Mamet·Dustin Hoffman·Eddie Izzard·Eric Bogosian·Eugene O'Neill·Gary Cole·Gary Sinise·Green Gold·Hair·Harvey Keitel·James Joyce·James Stewart·John Malkovich·Ken Kesey·La Mama·Laurie Metcalf·Marisa Tomei·Mike Nichols·Minetta Lane Theatre·Mort Sahl·Paul Simon·Radio City Music Hall·Red Roses·Robert De Niro·Robin Williams·Sam Shepard·Shakespeare·Shakespeare's Globe·Steppenwolf·Steve Zahn·Tim Curry·True West·Twyla Tharp·Uta Hagen·Waiting For Godot