Greg Beer
@gbeer.bsky.social
Cinephile and Screenwriter working across drama and documentary, TV and film. Credits include Madiba (BET), The Dictator’s Playbook (PBS), Age of Samurai (Netflix), Optimist's Guide to the Planet (Bloomberg) Mayday (Nat Geo), Life After People (History)
Could be Lou Reed. Alternatively:
November 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Could be Lou Reed. Alternatively:
The Straight Story (1999, Lynch)
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 AM
The Straight Story (1999, Lynch)
RIP to the great German actor Udo Kier
Here to the right of frame as Lawrence in Lars Von Trier’s Europa (1991)
Here to the right of frame as Lawrence in Lars Von Trier’s Europa (1991)
November 24, 2025 at 12:10 AM
RIP to the great German actor Udo Kier
Here to the right of frame as Lawrence in Lars Von Trier’s Europa (1991)
Here to the right of frame as Lawrence in Lars Von Trier’s Europa (1991)
A movie that takes place where you’re from
November 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A movie that takes place where you’re from
A magnificent movie. All the more amazing because another production (for TV) had ALSO hit the bullseye several years earlier. The rare case where two different adaptations of the same source material are equally stellar.
November 23, 2025 at 4:20 AM
A magnificent movie. All the more amazing because another production (for TV) had ALSO hit the bullseye several years earlier. The rare case where two different adaptations of the same source material are equally stellar.
One likes to believe in the freedom of music
But glittering prizes and endless compromises
Shatter the illusion of integrity, yeah
But glittering prizes and endless compromises
Shatter the illusion of integrity, yeah
November 23, 2025 at 3:57 AM
One likes to believe in the freedom of music
But glittering prizes and endless compromises
Shatter the illusion of integrity, yeah
But glittering prizes and endless compromises
Shatter the illusion of integrity, yeah
My Night At Maud's (1969, Eric Rohmer)
November 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
My Night At Maud's (1969, Eric Rohmer)
Catholicism worked for this movie guy, too.
November 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Catholicism worked for this movie guy, too.
Linklater’s Blue Moon is a gem. Talky and theatrical but totally cinematic, like Rohmer. See it on the big screen if you can.
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Linklater’s Blue Moon is a gem. Talky and theatrical but totally cinematic, like Rohmer. See it on the big screen if you can.
Happy Birthday Joni Mitchell.
Countless great songs. My own fave: The Last Time I Saw Richard
Countless great songs. My own fave: The Last Time I Saw Richard
November 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Happy Birthday Joni Mitchell.
Countless great songs. My own fave: The Last Time I Saw Richard
Countless great songs. My own fave: The Last Time I Saw Richard
A great actor AND a visionary producer. Sweet Smell of Success (1957, dir. Mackendrick, screenplay Odets & Lehman) is just one example. In a decade where safe and square movies were common, this film is as brutally frank about the dark and perverse side of human nature as you’ll ever see.
November 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A great actor AND a visionary producer. Sweet Smell of Success (1957, dir. Mackendrick, screenplay Odets & Lehman) is just one example. In a decade where safe and square movies were common, this film is as brutally frank about the dark and perverse side of human nature as you’ll ever see.
Not only an Oscar-winning actress, she was also an accomplished playwright, AND an Oscar-nominated screenwriter. One of a kind.
Ruth Gordon was #BornOnThisDay in 1896.
Ruth Gordon was #BornOnThisDay in 1896.
October 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Not only an Oscar-winning actress, she was also an accomplished playwright, AND an Oscar-nominated screenwriter. One of a kind.
Ruth Gordon was #BornOnThisDay in 1896.
Ruth Gordon was #BornOnThisDay in 1896.
Same for our Benedict
October 20, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Same for our Benedict
Define “Perfect Ending”?
October 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Define “Perfect Ending”?
RIP to the great Diane Keaton.
October 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
RIP to the great Diane Keaton.
imo, George Segal was as great as any of the giants of New Hollywood (Hoffman, Nicholson, Pacino etc.) but never quite got his due.
October 8, 2025 at 1:10 AM
imo, George Segal was as great as any of the giants of New Hollywood (Hoffman, Nicholson, Pacino etc.) but never quite got his due.
Feel the same way about another Godard from the same period, Alphaville (1965). Love story, sci-fi, horror, political statement all at once.
October 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Feel the same way about another Godard from the same period, Alphaville (1965). Love story, sci-fi, horror, political statement all at once.
I first got to know him from an excellent Canadian film about the discovery of Insulin. A fascinating story about the quest to control diabetes which was a death sentence prior to 1921.
Glory Enough for All (1988).
Glory Enough for All (1988).
October 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I first got to know him from an excellent Canadian film about the discovery of Insulin. A fascinating story about the quest to control diabetes which was a death sentence prior to 1921.
Glory Enough for All (1988).
Glory Enough for All (1988).
Remembering the late, great Philippe Noiret, especially his sublime partnership with Bertrand Tavernier. Before Life and Nothing But came three remarkable films of the 1970s, beginning with The Clockmaker of St. Paul. Rarely have actor and director been so perfectly in sync. #botd
October 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Remembering the late, great Philippe Noiret, especially his sublime partnership with Bertrand Tavernier. Before Life and Nothing But came three remarkable films of the 1970s, beginning with The Clockmaker of St. Paul. Rarely have actor and director been so perfectly in sync. #botd
Sorcerer is an astonishing film. And it's great fun to compare it to The Wages of Fear (1953, Clouzot), based on the same novel. Fascinating to see Friedkin's different choices but both films have the same overwhelming, fever dream quality.
September 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Sorcerer is an astonishing film. And it's great fun to compare it to The Wages of Fear (1953, Clouzot), based on the same novel. Fascinating to see Friedkin's different choices but both films have the same overwhelming, fever dream quality.