9 Million Views & Project Updates

Hey there, groovy people! Once again, it’s my happy duty to report that Every ’70s Movie has achieved another milestone, notching nine million views since launch. In a world of clickbait and purchased traffic and sponsored influencers, it’s gratifying to know these views were earned the old-fashioned way, through fans of the subject matter gravitating to this blog, returning for more, and spreading the word. Thank you! Now for the project-update portion of this quick post. At the beginning of 2025, I envisioned picking up the pace of blog posts, but then outside projects began to consume a lot of bandwith. As I write these words, I’m deep in preproduction on a short film intended for the festival circuit, the first one I’ve made in quite a few years. Concurrently, I’m wrapping up an intensive book project—the second edition of my 2001 book Dalton Trumbo, Hollywood Rebel. When I first wrote my study of the screenplays by blacklisted Oscar winner Trumbo (Roman Holiday, Spartacus, etc.), I was in my journalism phase, so the book became the equivalent of a lengthy magazine article. This time around, I’m doing copious amounts of archival research across multiple states, which is endlessly rewarding but also seriously time-consuming. I’m excited to share this work when it publishes next year on the 25th (!) anniversary of the first edition. Meanwhile, I’ll dip back into the blog whenever I can because more and more ’70s movies previously out of circulation are appearing on the fringes of the marketplace, allowing me to fill longstanding gaps in the obsessive compendium that is Every ’70s Movie. As always, thanks for reading, and keep on keepin’ on!