In the end, Klute fizzled a bit. Not a ton. Genuinely. But a little bit. Not the punch of The Parallax View, which is obviously a very different film, but I was still expecting a bit more in the end. They started to lose me as they fell in love, to be honest, since...

Apparently Alan J. Pakula is my jam. I’ve seen All The President’s Men a couple times, enjoyed it both times. Watched The Parallax View last week and really enjoyed it, so much so that I figured this week I’d completely the “paranoid trilogy” and watch Klute, which...

Finally, the outlining day I needed. It was really helpful yesterday plotting out (about) how many scenes my books usually have, and using that number to set expectations on how many scenes I needed to outline each day. A concrete goal. The twist? I still have plot...