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Margot at the Wedding (2007; Noah Baumbach)
After the spectacular The Squid and the Whale, i’m a little disappointed with Noah Baumbach’s follow-up. With Margot, he similarly explores the complex dysfunctions of an east coast, literary family but instead of making it a poignant examination of sibling rivalry it turns into a messy, overdone melodrama with […]

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Terrorizer (1986; Edward Yang)
Abbas Kiarostami has said that the best movie experiences sometimes allow the viewer to “take a little nap” but that the images and expressions that get to him before and after (and maybe even during) the brief siesta linger and continue to ferment for much longer than those we’re pelted with by […]

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Nike290: Shall we just jump right into our general thoughts on the film, which I think is one of the two or three greatest to come out of the 1970s?
Smithie: Yeah, I guess. I mean the challenge of “general thoughts” on a movie like The Conformist is that its qualities are so extraordinary and peculiar, […]

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In 1928, the Walt Disney directed animated short Steamboat Willie was released. It wasn’t the first cartoon, nor was it the first to even feature the iconic Mickey Mouse, but it was the first piece of animation to achieve widespread public success. The Disney Company was established as a commercial force. Nine years later, Snow […]

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As Master of the Universe (the blurb universe, people, not the shitty movie with Courtney Cox and that hairy thing with the penchant for barbecued ribs. God!), I now feel compelled to unleash these little beauties out into the world. While I may not agree with every inclusion, I cannot deny that it warms my […]

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It was 10 years ago that a little show about a teenage demon hunter first appeared, taking pop culture by storm, pushing fandom to new levels, establishing not one but two networks (granted, neither exists anymore, but why quibble), and becoming one of the most acclaimed series in television history. Buffy the Vampire Slayer […]

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Writing a sentence like, “It has been 20 years since The Simpsons (as a short on The Tracey Ullman Show) first debuted on Fox,” makes me feel really old. And then I think about college-aged kids who do not remember life before The Simpsons. That type of thinking does not make me feel any better. […]

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I think I have successfully blocked most of my childhood memories. Most of what remains is linked to some sort of film, television show, song, or novel. My first memory is watching Star Wars through the back windshield of my parent’s Cadillac at a drive-in movie while my parents watched whatever film they were watching […]

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