VOICEOVER: Announcing My Announcements

The movies were hot. The weather was not.

SUNDANCE 2023: An Infinity Pool of Indie Film!

Come fly with me as I break down the Twilight Zone's three tellings of "Nightmare at 20, 000 Feet" and examine how each grapples with the tailspin terror of mental health stigma.

TWILIGHT ZONE: Tailspin of Terror

Look, it's a bunch of random editing tips. You either want them or you don't. 

EDITING: 12 Hot Tips for Video Editors

Thank you, New York International Screenplay Awards! 

THE AMPERSAND INN: Start Spreading the News

I chat with Out on Film, Atlanta's LGBTQ+ Film Festival!

GRIFFICA: Out Here with Out on Film

I think these words are beautiful. That's all!

10 WORDS: 10 Beautiful Words.

Vitameatavegamin. You tellin' us there's meat juice in this juice?!

I LOVE LUCY: Tasty TV!

DIRECTING: You Have One Job. Which is a Million Jobs.

This adaptation feels fresh. It has nothing to do with-- all to do with her. 

COMPANY: Bobbie's Hobbies Are Just Like Bobby's

It's time to compare four random Hamlets for no reason. 

HAMLET: What's Going on with Him?

This episode will be analyzed in, oh, 5-10 minutes... 

SEINFELD: Real-Time Petty

"I'm made of dear Goneril's self-same spit, so prize me at her worth; or even over it..."

KING LEAR: A Hip-Hopera (Act I, Scene I)

The Artists' Forum Festival of the Moving Image had their closing night awards ceremony last night, and I won Best Director for my short "Griffica"!

GRIFFICA: On the Way to the (Artists') Forum

I enjoy identifying musical intervals in songs and collecting them into a little spreadsheet. Not sure why. Some things in life just give you a little thrill, ya know?

HOLIDAY TUNES: Do You Hear What I Hear?

I recently watched The Innocents (1961, dir. Jack Clayton). It's an outstanding horror picture, an elegant ghost tale that's equal parts frightening and psychologically rich.

THE INNOCENTS: The Harsh Light of Day

Whoa! My short “Griffica” was awarded BEST FILM by the LGBT+ Los Angeles Film Festival, an offshoot of the Wildsound Feedback Film Festival.

GRIFFICA: Positive Feedback Loop

7 movies and a show? He truly is our friend to the end!

CHILD'S PLAY: Toy Gory

There's plenty to revolt about in Doctor Who's Revolution of the Daleks.

DOCTOR WHO: Crappy New Year

Love, Victor on Hulu. It's gay and wholesome and has won my heart.

LOVE, VICTOR: Come Out for Some Wholesome Gay Fun

A virtual reading of "Case Unsolved," my feature screenplay.

CASE UNSOLVED: A Night of Virtual Horror

NO TIME TO DIE: Billie Bids Bond Goodbye

FLASH FICTION: Frostbitten Ears

I'm movin' on up... and away from my couch.

LIVE FROM A STUDIO AUDIENCE: Those Were the Days. Keep 'Em There!

CASE UNSOLVED: Pitch, Please

Family is like karaoke: The song is sweet. The notes are sour.

Lollipop City

An innkeeper with magical healing abilities must defend his New England town from a killer sea monster, who's also his boyfriend. 

The Ampersand Inn

This documentary celebrates the love story between activists Arthur Johnston and Pepe Peña, who started the iconic Chicago gay bar Sidetrack and fought for LGBTQ+ rights for over 40 years.

Art & Pep

A gay man suspects his coffee-loving boyfriend is a demon in this LGBTQ horror film from filmmaker C.J. Arellano.

Griffica

Videos for a historic presidential campaign

Biden for President

A child reckons with her troublesome home life as she loses herself in Mozart during a piano competition. 

Fantasia of an Eight-Year-Old Pianist

This stunning smartphone will leave you shaken and stirred

Edge+

The craftsmanship of Bob Dylan's rye begins with a barrel

Heaven's Door

RAZR

Hey There, Skipper!

Abrams, Buttigieg, and More

She's all dressed down with nowhere to go

The Coat Room

Boyfriends battle monsters from a cursed TV show

Case Unsolved

Power Struggles

The world’s only club banger about mattresses

Leggett & Platt

Why yap about phones when you can rap about phones?

Motorola

Savo Secret Agent

Secret

JOHN LOOS: TOO BIG FOR THIS WORLD is a sketch comedy series written by and starring John Loos, a gay comedian with a penchant for biting political satire. The series combines delightfully insane characters with Loos' sometimes dark, sometimes silly, always brutally honest worldview. 

C.J. Arellano

Recent projects