Something Good #47: The Salamerta Generation
A version of the following story first appeared in the much-missed publication The Awl. First of all, I just want to thank everyone for writing in with all...
Something Good #46: An Undeniably Attractive Offer
So: Last week I mentioned that I had printed up a run of Something Good zines, to be sold at the Expozine small press fair here in Montreal, based on an...
Something Good #45: Something Paper
This weekend is Expozine, an annual Montreal small press/comic/zine fair which I’ve wandered in and out of for years. A few weeks ago, my friend the writer...
Something Good #44: The Contents of My Fanny Pack
Those who know me well know that in anticipation of embarking on any major life venture, I always buy a new pair of shoes and a new bag. This usually happens...
Something Good #43: Requiem for a Strip Club (Revisited)
Actual photo of the Santa Claus Parade passing Club Super Sexe; photographer unknown This weekend brought the unhappy news that the abandoned building that...
Something Good #42: Jackets Required
This month, while I’m off shooting a feature, friends and guests have been filling in here at Something Good. For this week’s edition, I received an...
Something Good #41: A Lost Children's Story from Vienna
I’ll be off shooting a feature film through early November. Until then, I’ll be alternating guest-written posts with some dives into the SG archives. The...
Something Good #40: Disco Mom
This month, while I shoot a film, I’ve asked some friends to take the reins of Something Good. My first guest was author Sheila Heti; then film writer Ariel...
Something Good #39: Sorry!
Hi! I’m off shooting a film at the above local (I’m on the right). There will be otherwise no Something Good for this week. No #nojacketsrequired. No bonus...
Something Good #38: The Secret History of Syncretic Software
I’ll be off shooting a feature film through early November. Until then, I’ll be alternating guest-written posts with some dives into the SG archives. The...
Something Good #37: Cocktails du Cinéma With Ariel Esteban Cayer
For the next couple of months I’m going to be off shooting a feature film. I will be pretty darn busy during this period so I’ve asked some friends to take...
Something Good #36: The Institute for the Study of 3:32pm, April 10, 1954
I’ll be off shooting a feature film through early November. Until then, I’ll be alternating guest-written posts with some dives into the SG archives. The...
Something Good #35: Sheila Heti on Limerence
For the next couple of months I’m going to be off shooting a feature film. I will be extremely busy during this period so I’ve asked some friends to take the...
Something Good #34: Admiring Feelings of a Graceful Lady
In less than a week, full-time pre-production begins on You Can Live Forever, a feature film I have been working on with my friend Sarah Fobes for many, many...
Something Good #33: What Is My Face?
This week’s newsletter is a movie. In 2019 I was invited to New York to take part in the Imagine Science Film Festival’s Symbiosis competition. The idea was...
Something Good #32: My Life Aquatic
This is my aquarium. There are many like it, but this one is mine.My aquarium is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. In...
Something Good #31: A Warning to the Future
How would you send a message to the future? How would you send a warning? This was the job assigned to Albuquerque’s Sandia National Laboratories by the...
Something Good #30: Some Good Advice
From Jacques Tati’s Playtime (1967) I have always loved reading advice columns. I grew up with Ann Landers in the Toronto Star (while I had heard of her...
Something Good #29: Midsummer Interlude
Summer! There’s nothing I can tell you about this season of plague, fire, bear-threatened Olympics (or whatever the hell is going on over there), etc, that...
Something Good #28: Satoshi Kon - The Lost Interview
In 2007 I had the chance to interview Japanese animator and director Satoshi Kon for the Montreal Mirror, the alt-weekly where I worked at the time, in...