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Rick Love @allkindsagirls.bsky.social · 1d

The world can seem like a dark place but then you go see Shonen Knife in Novato, CA and everything starts looking brighter. Rocking on a Tuesday isn’t easy yet we heeded the call and SK were amazing! Also, we learned that “novato” means “wild pigeon” in Japanese…

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Rick Love @allkindsagirls.bsky.social · 2d

Becoming Led Zeppelin shows Jimmy Page's single-minded focus birthing not only a legendary band but also a new artist-driven model for the music industry. Even better, it's about the early days before their Behind The Music-esque "then things took a turn for the worse..." fall

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Rick Love @allkindsagirls.bsky.social · 6d

Good Boy is a smart, scary horror movie featuring an amazing performance from the lead actor. What's more it's also a stunning achievement in film making as said actor did not know he was in a movie...

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Rick Love @allkindsagirls.bsky.social · 6d

So sorry to hear about Ace Frehley's passing. He was a giant, an all-time favorite. I even had this poster on my wall. RIP to a true legend... youtu.be/LIi02Yx-3A8?...

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Rick Love @allkindsagirls.bsky.social · 8d

In honor of the great Diane Keaton's passing we dialed up 1977's Looking For Mr. Goodbar. Wow! This film is HARDCORE, with a mind-blowing performance from Keaton. I'd put it alongside Mean Streets, Midnight Cowboy, and The Panic In Needle Park. How had we never seen this before!!

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Rick Love @allkindsagirls.bsky.social · 10d

Michael Christie's Greenwood is all but guaranteed to be one of my Top 5 books of 2025. I love being carried away by a novel and this immersive family saga fit the bill perfectly. It not only shows where we've been but also where we're going (spoiler alert- it's nowhere good!)

Rick Love @allkindsagirls.bsky.social · 21d

Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another is awesome! First Aronofsky and Caught Stealing now this- auteurs are making genre pictures and I am HERE for it!!!

Rick Love @allkindsagirls.bsky.social · 21d

Christian Swegal's Sovereign shows how corrosive bad ideas can be. The film plays like a thriller until you remember it's based on a true story- then it's a tragedy. Nick Offerman (playing a Ron Swanson who breaks bad) and Jacob Tremblay are outstanding in the lead roles.

Rick Love @allkindsagirls.bsky.social · 24d

Final Destination Bloodlines is gory, blood-soaked fun! My first FD film, it has forever changed my perception of the game Mousetrap...

Rick Love @allkindsagirls.bsky.social · 24d

Really enjoyed Shucked at the "Corn" Theater in SF this week- such a fun show!

Rick Love @allkindsagirls.bsky.social · Sep 21

Laura Piani's charming French romantic comedy Jane Austen Wrecked My Life (originally Jane Austen a gâché ma vie) avoids genre cliche by focusing on a fact of life: stuck people hardly ever get unstuck on their own- it takes a village...

Rick Love @allkindsagirls.bsky.social · Sep 21

This Classic Thursday we went with Scene of the Crime from 1949. Van Johnson takes a noir turn as an LA cop struggling to clear his dead partner's name. Pretty violent for it's time with an impressive body count!

Rick Love @allkindsagirls.bsky.social · Sep 13

Darren Aronofsky and Charlie Huston's Caught Stealing is fun movie about a hapless dude in NYC that took me back to films like After Hours and Something Wild. An excellent cast (including AH's Griffin Dunne}, cool story, cat "acting"- what more do you need for a Friday night?

Rick Love @allkindsagirls.bsky.social · Sep 13

Matthew Scott Kane's Hysteria! is a Mitten State take on the Satanic Panic featuring favorite son Bruce Campbell. He does a good job in the straight man role, though it would've been cool to see him go full Ash at least once. Bonus for the great songs by the "satanic" Dethkrunch.

Rick Love @allkindsagirls.bsky.social · Sep 6

Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine as Light (originally പ്രഭയായ് നിനച്ചതെല്ലം) is a moving story about women uniting against stifling patriarchy in modern Mumbai. A beautiful film with a surprisingly uplifting ending.

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Rick Love @allkindsagirls.bsky.social · Sep 6

Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine as Light (originally പ്രഭയായ് നിനച്ചതെല്ലം) is a moving story about women uniting against stifling patriarchy in modern Mumbai. A beautiful film.

Rick Love @allkindsagirls.bsky.social · Sep 6

Gary Shteyngart has become one of my favorite authors. Take his latest: Vera, or Faith. Despite the post-Democracy fascist United States Vera lives in, her brilliance, integrity, and, of course, faith shine an inspiring light in the darkness.

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Rick Love @allkindsagirls.bsky.social · Sep 6

Enjoyed Michiel Blanchart's feature debut the Belgian action thriller Night Call (originally La nuit se traîne). Part of me wants to see what he could do with a Hollywood budget but another part hopes he never has to tread that Boulevard of Broken Dreams...

Rick Love @allkindsagirls.bsky.social · Sep 5

George Stevens' 1943 comedy The More The Merrier is this week's Classic Thursday pick and it did not disappoint! A bright, smart, laugh out loud funny film with spot on performances from Arthur, McCrea, & Coburn. Bonus for bedroom scenes that made it past those Hayes Code prudes.

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Rick Love @allkindsagirls.bsky.social · Aug 31

Carson Lund's Eephus stands alone in the baseball film genre- I'd call it "Altmanesque," capturing the bittersweet nostalgia I feel for the game at my age. Bonus for the Massachusetts setting and supporting role for radio, including voice work from the great Frederick Wiseman.

Rick Love @allkindsagirls.bsky.social · Aug 27

BigBug is not for everyone but if you're a fan of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's earlier films like I am it might be worth checking out. No one else makes movies that look like his, that's for sure.

Rick Love @allkindsagirls.bsky.social · Aug 27

While the satire isn't as searing as his earlier films In The Loop and Four Lions, Jesse Armstrong's Mountainhead does a great job skewering tech-bro douches and the amoral bubble in which they live. Like the Bowling For Soup song says "High School Never Ends."

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Rick Love @allkindsagirls.bsky.social · Aug 25

Never understood how frat hazing is supposed to lead to bonding but Ethan Berger's The Line does a good job showing why someone might willingly subject themselves to it. Wikipedia says there has already been a hazing death in 2025 so the film remains sadly relevant.

Rick Love @allkindsagirls.bsky.social · Aug 25

It's turned hot so back inside for a Rockumentary Workout to Chris Smith's DEVO highlighting the bands' commitment to ideas- whether it was as a Kent State art project or MTV staple. Their New Traditionalists show (with treadmills) at the Orpheum in Boston was unforgettable!

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Rick Love @allkindsagirls.bsky.social · Aug 24

As he is a personal hero of mine it made me sad reading how tortured Joe Strummer was in Chris Salewicz' Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer. Feet of clay aside, the music of The Clash and The Mescaleros stands up and both are among the greatest live bands I've seen.

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