Good riddance to 2023, a few interesting artists, the tragic characters Montgomery Clift and Guillaume Depardieu, the fascinating and missed Guiseppe Andrews, hearing songs at the grocery store, Matthew Modine is awesome, my life is becoming like the movie Memento, and a New Year's Eve greeting from The Godfather Part II. Stuff mentioned: Doctor Who "The Church on Ruby Road" (2023), Stéphane Mandelbaum at the Drawing Center (November 10, 2023-February 18, 2024), A Place in the Sun (1951), The Misfits (1961), Pola X (1999), Detroit Rock City (1999), Guiseppe Makes a Movie (2014), Guiseppe Andrews "Nachos" (2014), Bad Samaritan (2018), Pet Shop Boys "Suburbia" (1986), Disturbia (2007), Revenge (1990), Revenge (2011-2015), Full Metal Jacket (1987), Married to the Mob (1988), Vision Quest (1985), The Strokes "12:51" (2003), Night Shift (1981), Memento (2000), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Godfather (1972), The Conversation (1974), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), and The Deer Hunter (1978).