David Schlaepfer

Ken is a professional at beach. I am a professional at crying in the Barbie movie. View on Letterboxd →

Three years and some months ago I had a big editing project I was wrapping up while finishing college and pulled a lot of late nights. Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Dedicated Side B” pulled me through those nights in a very real way. Now it’s almost 2 AM and

Had to come back and watch this again. AFAIK the first of this 2.5D style. Let me know if you read this and are like “heck no it’s not” View on Letterboxd →

I remember hitting a point with CG animated films where I wondered if the art style would ever change from that big-eyed-but-somehow-hyper-realistic Disney•Pixar style. Not that it’s a bad style! Just spawned a lot of copycats that could never quite match Pixar’s level of polish. We’re

Has anyone ever done this? Personally, while I fuel up I’m always on my pager.

Feels like a literary classic. Exquisitely made film. Every character has such unique arcs. I felt especially moved by the father’s very flawed character. He sees himself as a male chick in grave danger of being discarded. His actions are seen through that lens – his need to prove his

I will not get into mechanical keyboards I will not get into mechanical keyboards I will not get into mechanical keyboards

Sent off three different edits today, starting on a fourth tonight… good to stay busy but it’s also just a lot. 😓

Obsessed with Joanna Sternberg’s new album. Randy Newman + Carole King + a bit of Blossom Dearie + Kimya Dawson + a whole lot of just being themself.

Easily his most surreal film, Asteroid City takes The French Dispatch’s English translation of a French theatrical play of a story of a boy that inspired a riot from within a magazine article within the story of said article being written [breathes] and runs with that level of self-compartmentalization.