Love how when Etta calls in to her top-secret comrade, he answers, "This is Anil." Why not, "Hello—resistance headquarters"?

Love how when Etta calls in to her top-secret comrade, he answers, "This is Anil." Why not, "Hello—resistance headquarters"?

Rock Hudson (who, of course, I've thought about in the same terms) was an entirely different, pre-Method kind of actor. I don't think you expect or need to feel that, say, Fred McMurray is drawing on his personal experience to inform a role. I can't remember exactly when Spacey's sexuality became an issue—GQ's…

Rock Hudson (who, of course, I've thought about in the same terms) was an entirely different, pre-Method kind of actor. I don't think you expect or need to feel that, say, Fred McMurray is drawing on his personal experience to inform a role. I can't remember exactly when Spacey's sexuality became an issue—GQ's…

I don't know whether to respond here or up at the top, but here it is: I'm not talking about Spacey's orientation, but his decision to hide and/or deny it in public. I think it's impossible for an actor to be truly dig down into themselves onscreen if they dissemble about such a profoundly important part of…

I don't know whether to respond here or up at the top, but here it is: I'm not talking about Spacey's orientation, but his decision to hide and/or deny it in public. I think it's impossible for an actor to be truly dig down into themselves onscreen if they dissemble about such a profoundly important part of…

Someone was going to write that up, and I guess they didn't, but I wholeheartedly agree. That movie is truly disgusting, especially for the way it reduces the entire student movement of the 1960s to one guy who beats his girlfriend and valorizes an idiot manchild who's only response to meeting the president is to show…

Someone was going to write that up, and I guess they didn't, but I wholeheartedly agree. That movie is truly disgusting, especially for the way it reduces the entire student movement of the 1960s to one guy who beats his girlfriend and valorizes an idiot manchild who's only response to meeting the president is to show…

Marimba, I think.

Marimba, I think.

The directing prize was great, and well-deserved, but the prizes—excepting the audience award—bear almost no relation to what's widely written about or seen (or, in some cases, even distributed). It's much easier to write—or, more relevantly, pitch—articles about "next big things" than about a middle-aged woman making…

The directing prize was great, and well-deserved, but the prizes—excepting the audience award—bear almost no relation to what's widely written about or seen (or, in some cases, even distributed). It's much easier to write—or, more relevantly, pitch—articles about "next big things" than about a middle-aged woman making…

About 5 minutes after I saw it in January.

About 5 minutes after I saw it in January.

The movie glosses over the fact that the results of democracy don't always turn out so well, but then our own elected leaders inevitably disappoint as well.

The movie glosses over the fact that the results of democracy don't always turn out so well, but then our own elected leaders inevitably disappoint as well.

Scott's said it before, but Heat would have been at #51 on the big list. A lot of people thought highly, just not enough. My fault, probably.

Scott's said it before, but Heat would have been at #51 on the big list. A lot of people thought highly, just not enough. My fault, probably.

And thus, a thousand Janeane Garofalo crushes were born.

And thus, a thousand Janeane Garofalo crushes were born.