I try to put up a daily thank you, tribute and discussion of what we do here and why because I know that some of you only stop by sporadically and I want to make sure that everyone knows how grateful I am for your support. I very much appreciate your kindness and generosity.
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It’s Saturday so I wanted to extend a shout-out to my old friend and movie/culture critic, Dennis Hartley who does our Saturday Night at the Movies feature week in and week out. There was time when I was as up on all the latest films as he is but no more. I depend on him to let me know what’s happening — and also what older films I need to revisit. His personal site is https://denofcinema.com/ and it’s very well organized if you ever want to check out his lists or recommendations.
Dennis has an encyclopedic knowledge of film and music of the rock era and excellent taste. (He knows politics too…) And lately, the two of us often find ourselves texting back and forth about the latest sad departure of a beloved figure from our youth or an artist we both admire. I guess that starts to happen as you get older. Dennis’ tributes are often among the best I read anywhere — his piece about Rob Reiner was just beautiful. So I guess we can add a talent for writing obituaries to his other skills.
I’m so grateful to him for his contributions to this project and for being my friend for many decades. At this point in our lives the friendships that have stood the test of time are the most precious.
If you value what we do here and you’d like to keep us going for another year, I’d be very appreciative. It makes it possible to keep the lights on.
cheers,
digby
Happy Hollandaise, everyone.