Nothing but great things to say about this movie, and I'm happy it's gotten such a warm reception here.  That ending slays me every time, but I think my favorite moment - and the moment you know you're in good hands - is when Russell starts ad-libbing a story about the origin of his god-awful ugly teacup.  Just…

Nothing but great things to say about this movie, and I'm happy it's gotten such a warm reception here.  That ending slays me every time, but I think my favorite moment - and the moment you know you're in good hands - is when Russell starts ad-libbing a story about the origin of his god-awful ugly teacup.  Just…

It doesn't come off in this brief interview, but he's been very thoughtful about the use of labels and why they do or don't apply depending on what people intend by them.  It's a label that encompasses both subject matter and intended audience, and he was trying to make a film that expanded the latter (so, "not a gay…

It doesn't come off in this brief interview, but he's been very thoughtful about the use of labels and why they do or don't apply depending on what people intend by them.  It's a label that encompasses both subject matter and intended audience, and he was trying to make a film that expanded the latter (so, "not a gay…

Rand's ball-busting sexpot superwoman looks awfully pouty in this.

Rand's ball-busting sexpot superwoman looks awfully pouty in this.

Thank you.

Thank you.

@paraclete_pizza:disqus : that might be overstating it a bit: keep in mind two of the most contentious moments in 20th century Czech history related to downplaying the treatment of German Czechs after WWII and keeping Communist-era documents under lock-and-key during the Havel administration, in both cases to maintain…

@paraclete_pizza:disqus : that might be overstating it a bit: keep in mind two of the most contentious moments in 20th century Czech history related to downplaying the treatment of German Czechs after WWII and keeping Communist-era documents under lock-and-key during the Havel administration, in both cases to maintain…

Sadly, Švankmajer announced his recent film would be his last.  This makes me sad.

Sadly, Švankmajer announced his recent film would be his last.  This makes me sad.

Oh dear God, Barta's "Club of the Laid Off" gave me all kinds of nightmares as a kid.  For those of you who haven't seen it, good luck sleeping after this.

Oh dear God, Barta's "Club of the Laid Off" gave me all kinds of nightmares as a kid.  For those of you who haven't seen it, good luck sleeping after this.

It's hard, because women were (and in many way still are) locked out of the upper echelons of the literary establishment.

It's hard, because women were (and in many way still are) locked out of the upper echelons of the literary establishment.

@avclub-863dd9b05b1b8bf20726dc15995aec28:disqus : No disagreement with most of that (especially the second paragraph, where I agree wholeheartedly), although aren't you in some respects echoing the high/low debate that Lethem was talking about?  Just replacing "high" with "difficult" and "low" with "easy"?

@avclub-863dd9b05b1b8bf20726dc15995aec28:disqus : No disagreement with most of that (especially the second paragraph, where I agree wholeheartedly), although aren't you in some respects echoing the high/low debate that Lethem was talking about?  Just replacing "high" with "difficult" and "low" with "easy"?

@avclub-863dd9b05b1b8bf20726dc15995aec28:disqus : I've never heard anyone mount a defense of Wallace's dialect chapters.  Even he seemed slightly embarrassed by them.

@avclub-863dd9b05b1b8bf20726dc15995aec28:disqus : I've never heard anyone mount a defense of Wallace's dialect chapters.  Even he seemed slightly embarrassed by them.