This. She’s bemoaning that briefest of periods in the late 90s to early 00s when indies were a cheap way for studios to buy Oscar noms for original screenplay, or supporting actor. They’d just go to Sundance and buy a few films there to beef up their awards slate. But then a number of those films flopped, or frankly…

Right, and that might not be all bad. Holofcener laments the loss of arthouse movies theaters, and (as someone who also loves such theaters) it’s a real loss. But people in Iowa aren’t sitting around wondering why they can’t find a theater anymore showing Enough Said — they never had one.  The fact that they can find…

It sorta sounds like nostalgia for an era that wasn’t actually as good as she remembers it being. For every Tarantino there had to be a thousand indie filmmakers who didn’t make a buck back on their film. Indie filmmaking was supposed to be more about making a film for the sake of art and not making big bucks anyhow. …

I’m sure the rise of streaming also might be some kind of factor? A less-expensive movie to produce is probably easier to host online than finagle a theatrical release for.

I certainly understand the frustration that indie filmmaking is struggling and that smaller films are finding it ever harder to find an audience.

I’m curious as to how many indie filmmakers actually made a lot of money 30 years ago. I would assume that being a writer on a big budget movie in the ‘90s would pay more on average than writing for an arthouse flick. I mean sure you’ve got your Tarantinos but I feel like they’re the exception. Maybe it was a bit…

First a Rabin My World Of Flops article, then a Will Harris Random Roles piece, and now an Ignatiy review? Whatever year we’ve time traveled to, let’s stay there please.

Out of all the famous musicians/artists she must know, it’s hard to wrap your head around picking that dude.

“I leave my iPod Nano, full of music to take life less seriously by.”

B.G. can’t casually hang out with people who have a felony, but the President can order assassinations and coups against US citizens as “official acts” and enjoy complete immunity. #America2024

America has lost its collective fucking mind.

Im sorry, this movie is 3 hours and part 1 of 4 with no guarantee anything else will get funded? By the man behind Waterworld?

Last night, someone screamed at me that I’m a pedophile not fit to be around children while I was just walking down the street minding my own business last night and also repeatedly said you know you're a man, right bro? This was in the queer neighborhood of Seattle. Being trans is hard as fuck before these hateful…

Seeing the way AV Club comments have been going over the past year I was expecting the worst here.

It’s Rabin! Now bring back Sean O’Neil, Tasha Robinson, and Zodiac Motherfucker!

Good god! They really are reviving the old A.V. Club, aren’t they? What’s next? A takedown review by Ignatiy? The long-prophesied return of Snarkmaster General Sean O’Neal himself?!

Even her favorite example, cis women who are assaulted by trans women in bathrooms, is a total non problem when compared with trans folk being harrassed and assaulted for daring to use a bathroom in public.

“female prisoners incarcerated with convicted sex offenders”

Ah the never ending game of asshole or idiot!

Or she is just an asshole. Hard to separate out all that