Knights in shining karma tend your flame
Top Fifty Films of the 00s — Number Thirty-Three
#33 — Bad Education (Pedro Almodovar, 2004) Pedro Almodovar is one of those directors that rewards those who make their film-going selections on the basis of adherence to the auteur theory. Not every Almodovar film is exceptional, but every one … Continue reading Top Fifty Films of the 00s — Number Thirty-Three
Those Hollywood kids, those Hollywood kids got it made
I’m operating on too little sleep, and foolishly watching a bunch of award show red carpet coverage has further softened my brain. I’m starting to fall behind on that big ongoing project of mine, but I’m afraid the best I … Continue reading Those Hollywood kids, those Hollywood kids got it made
Leave you here wearing your wounds, waving your guns at somebody new
Here’s the funny thing. If Glenn Beck went on television Monday night and rattled off this exact same monologue, the majority of his demented audience would be nodding along, mouths pressed tight into determined indignation. (Due credit.) Continue reading Leave you here wearing your wounds, waving your guns at somebody new
One for Friday: The Cast of Meatball Radio, “The Angry Chef”
I’ve used this weekly feature to write extensively about my bygone time at a student broadcaster at WWSP-90FM, the campus station at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point I’ve focused almost entirely on what I played back then: now I discovered the … Continue reading One for Friday: The Cast of Meatball Radio, “The Angry Chef”
You! Yes, you behind the bikesheds, stand still, laddy!
(Due credit: I discovered this elsewhere.) Continue reading You! Yes, you behind the bikesheds, stand still, laddy!
Top Fifty Films of the 00s — Number Thirty-Four
#34 — Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton with Lee Unkrich, 2003) Recently The New York Times Magazine profiled director Spike Jonze with special attention paid to his troubled route he involuntarily took in bringing Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are … Continue reading Top Fifty Films of the 00s — Number Thirty-Four
And I will receive my orders on the day when my new friends come
I forgot I even did this. I’m certain I found the Website used to render this masterpiece thanks to my friend who goes by the handle lowstatic. Is this the first time this handsome fella has appeared in this space (as opposed to Continue reading And I will receive my orders on the day when my new friends come
Confessions of a Comics Reader: The Fate of the Four-Colors!
Previously in Confessions of a Comics Reader, I revealed that I followed last summer’s triumphant escape from a lifelong comic book habit with a recent relapse, purchasing single issues for the first time in over a year. These single issues … Continue reading Confessions of a Comics Reader: The Fate of the Four-Colors!
