Howard A. Rodman
@rodman.bsky.social
• Novelist, The Great Eastern, Destiny Express.
• Screenwriter, Joe Gould's Secret, Savage Grace.
• Past President, WGAW
• Vice President & Governor, AMPAS
• Professor, USC School of Cinematic Arts
• Postpunk guitarist
• Home barista
• Screenwriter, Joe Gould's Secret, Savage Grace.
• Past President, WGAW
• Vice President & Governor, AMPAS
• Professor, USC School of Cinematic Arts
• Postpunk guitarist
• Home barista
Anyone who relies on Gemini for factual information should be commanded to eat their shoe.
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Anyone who relies on Gemini for factual information should be commanded to eat their shoe.
Noah Cross said “Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.” Same with the craft of screenwriting.
Today we're no longer simply 'schmucks with Underwoods,' but have actually gained some respect. And if we have, it’s in great measure due to Robert Towne.
Today we're no longer simply 'schmucks with Underwoods,' but have actually gained some respect. And if we have, it’s in great measure due to Robert Towne.
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Noah Cross said “Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.” Same with the craft of screenwriting.
Today we're no longer simply 'schmucks with Underwoods,' but have actually gained some respect. And if we have, it’s in great measure due to Robert Towne.
Today we're no longer simply 'schmucks with Underwoods,' but have actually gained some respect. And if we have, it’s in great measure due to Robert Towne.
Crépuscule with Nellie.
November 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Crépuscule with Nellie.
Guy in a not-quite tux (actually: low-double-breasted black flannel suit with Oxford bag trousers from @edwardsexton.bsky.social) grosgrain tie (from le noeud papillon) staring awkwardly during the step-and-repeat; Academy Board of Governors.
Photo courtesy @theacademyusa.bsky.social.
Photo courtesy @theacademyusa.bsky.social.
November 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Guy in a not-quite tux (actually: low-double-breasted black flannel suit with Oxford bag trousers from @edwardsexton.bsky.social) grosgrain tie (from le noeud papillon) staring awkwardly during the step-and-repeat; Academy Board of Governors.
Photo courtesy @theacademyusa.bsky.social.
Photo courtesy @theacademyusa.bsky.social.
In which Tom Cruise, receiving an honorary Academy Award, asks those in the room with whom he's worked to stand up— During which you may catch a glimpse, among others, of a familiar figure...
...i.e., @rodman.bsky.social.
...i.e., @rodman.bsky.social.
November 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
In which Tom Cruise, receiving an honorary Academy Award, asks those in the room with whom he's worked to stand up— During which you may catch a glimpse, among others, of a familiar figure...
...i.e., @rodman.bsky.social.
...i.e., @rodman.bsky.social.
A younger Howard in L'homme qui a vu l'homme qui a vu l'ours a/k/a The Big O.
Written and directed by André S. Labarthe.
Featuring László Szabó, Ágnes Bánfalvy, Peter Bogdanovich, Curtis Harrington, John Houseman, Susan Strasberg et. al.
Thanks to François Thomas!
Written and directed by André S. Labarthe.
Featuring László Szabó, Ágnes Bánfalvy, Peter Bogdanovich, Curtis Harrington, John Houseman, Susan Strasberg et. al.
Thanks to François Thomas!
November 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
A younger Howard in L'homme qui a vu l'homme qui a vu l'ours a/k/a The Big O.
Written and directed by André S. Labarthe.
Featuring László Szabó, Ágnes Bánfalvy, Peter Bogdanovich, Curtis Harrington, John Houseman, Susan Strasberg et. al.
Thanks to François Thomas!
Written and directed by André S. Labarthe.
Featuring László Szabó, Ágnes Bánfalvy, Peter Bogdanovich, Curtis Harrington, John Houseman, Susan Strasberg et. al.
Thanks to François Thomas!
NYTimes euphemism watch: "blending governance and family business."
Isn't this what used to be called, at the very least, bribery? Corruption? Violation of the emoluments clause?
Let alone: flagrant violation of the law of the land?
@nytimes.com
Isn't this what used to be called, at the very least, bribery? Corruption? Violation of the emoluments clause?
Let alone: flagrant violation of the law of the land?
@nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
NYTimes euphemism watch: "blending governance and family business."
Isn't this what used to be called, at the very least, bribery? Corruption? Violation of the emoluments clause?
Let alone: flagrant violation of the law of the land?
@nytimes.com
Isn't this what used to be called, at the very least, bribery? Corruption? Violation of the emoluments clause?
Let alone: flagrant violation of the law of the land?
@nytimes.com
Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide, with annotations on the gimlet by Raymond Chandler.
November 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide, with annotations on the gimlet by Raymond Chandler.
These are the faces that welcome you to America.
Tom Bradley International Terminal, LAX.
Tom Bradley International Terminal, LAX.
November 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
These are the faces that welcome you to America.
Tom Bradley International Terminal, LAX.
Tom Bradley International Terminal, LAX.
Also: why is a newly elected public official, who won over half the votes in a three-way race, saying he has a "mandate to deliver" framed as "sheds conciliatory tone"?
November 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Also: why is a newly elected public official, who won over half the votes in a three-way race, saying he has a "mandate to deliver" framed as "sheds conciliatory tone"?
Oh, @nytimes.com. Sigh.
“Democrats Raise Concerns” on speed dial?
Also: the killings (sorry: “lethal strikes”) are *not* against drug cartels in any way that can be proven. Also: the killings are illegal under national and international law. You’d think a headline would point these things out.
“Democrats Raise Concerns” on speed dial?
Also: the killings (sorry: “lethal strikes”) are *not* against drug cartels in any way that can be proven. Also: the killings are illegal under national and international law. You’d think a headline would point these things out.
November 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Oh, @nytimes.com. Sigh.
“Democrats Raise Concerns” on speed dial?
Also: the killings (sorry: “lethal strikes”) are *not* against drug cartels in any way that can be proven. Also: the killings are illegal under national and international law. You’d think a headline would point these things out.
“Democrats Raise Concerns” on speed dial?
Also: the killings (sorry: “lethal strikes”) are *not* against drug cartels in any way that can be proven. Also: the killings are illegal under national and international law. You’d think a headline would point these things out.
Reunited and it feels so good.
November 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Reunited and it feels so good.
Mr Cheney has now joined Mr Kissinger in that special circle of Hell reserved for those who have caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of their fellow humans.
“Let me ask you one question / Is your money that good? / Will it buy you forgiveness? / Do you think that it could?”
“Let me ask you one question / Is your money that good? / Will it buy you forgiveness? / Do you think that it could?”
November 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Mr Cheney has now joined Mr Kissinger in that special circle of Hell reserved for those who have caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of their fellow humans.
“Let me ask you one question / Is your money that good? / Will it buy you forgiveness? / Do you think that it could?”
“Let me ask you one question / Is your money that good? / Will it buy you forgiveness? / Do you think that it could?”
Mourning the loss of Diane Ladd. Genuine, generous, compelling.
I did know really know her — she was a family friend — but fondly recall a spirited conversation about Martha Mitchell, a role she felt she was born to play. I wish we’d seen it. It would have been something else.
I did know really know her — she was a family friend — but fondly recall a spirited conversation about Martha Mitchell, a role she felt she was born to play. I wish we’d seen it. It would have been something else.
November 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Mourning the loss of Diane Ladd. Genuine, generous, compelling.
I did know really know her — she was a family friend — but fondly recall a spirited conversation about Martha Mitchell, a role she felt she was born to play. I wish we’d seen it. It would have been something else.
I did know really know her — she was a family friend — but fondly recall a spirited conversation about Martha Mitchell, a role she felt she was born to play. I wish we’d seen it. It would have been something else.
Mr Burroughs and Mr Cohen wish you a happy Halloween.
October 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Mr Burroughs and Mr Cohen wish you a happy Halloween.
Honored and thrilled to have been part of NOIRCON in Palm Springs this week, seeing old friends, making new ones, celebrating the noir heritage, and presenting awards to some of my heroes: the legendary film producer Bill Horberg; the great and good Richard & Kim of @esotouric.bsky.social .
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Honored and thrilled to have been part of NOIRCON in Palm Springs this week, seeing old friends, making new ones, celebrating the noir heritage, and presenting awards to some of my heroes: the legendary film producer Bill Horberg; the great and good Richard & Kim of @esotouric.bsky.social .
"...social media, in some cases misleading viewers and amplifying political divisions..." is how @nytimes.com describes a video in which a becrowned Trump, flying a small plane, dumps hundreds of pounds of liquid shit on urban demonstrators.
October 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"...social media, in some cases misleading viewers and amplifying political divisions..." is how @nytimes.com describes a video in which a becrowned Trump, flying a small plane, dumps hundreds of pounds of liquid shit on urban demonstrators.
They way we live now.
October 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
They way we live now.
More people marched today than at any time in the history of the United States.
For @nytimes.com, it was the 6th most important story.
They are making sure that those in power do not see what they do not want to see.
This is not what we were brought up to think of as journalism.
For @nytimes.com, it was the 6th most important story.
They are making sure that those in power do not see what they do not want to see.
This is not what we were brought up to think of as journalism.
October 19, 2025 at 2:58 AM
More people marched today than at any time in the history of the United States.
For @nytimes.com, it was the 6th most important story.
They are making sure that those in power do not see what they do not want to see.
This is not what we were brought up to think of as journalism.
For @nytimes.com, it was the 6th most important story.
They are making sure that those in power do not see what they do not want to see.
This is not what we were brought up to think of as journalism.