The best place ever was the Lupaia Villa, a bed and breakfast that was also a vineyard in the hills of Tuscany that I stayed at with my girlfriend when we visited Italy.  They made olive oil on the estate, there were ridiculously friendly horses and burros, and you were tucked away in gorgeous, serene rolling hills. …

The best place ever was the Lupaia Villa, a bed and breakfast that was also a vineyard in the hills of Tuscany that I stayed at with my girlfriend when we visited Italy.  They made olive oil on the estate, there were ridiculously friendly horses and burros, and you were tucked away in gorgeous, serene rolling hills. …

I'm partial to I Don't Remember These Simpsons, the only tumblr I can stomach:

I'm partial to I Don't Remember These Simpsons, the only tumblr I can stomach:

I always find it to be less funny, but more affecting and precise than I remember.

I always find it to be less funny, but more affecting and precise than I remember.

I think even the most unobtrusive, fly-on-the-wall verité documentary still reflects a selective reality.  That's not to say that Wiseman or the Maysles Brothers' films were untruthful, but no matter what story you're telling as a documentarian, you're always crafting a narrative and extracting the right footage to…

I think even the most unobtrusive, fly-on-the-wall verité documentary still reflects a selective reality.  That's not to say that Wiseman or the Maysles Brothers' films were untruthful, but no matter what story you're telling as a documentarian, you're always crafting a narrative and extracting the right footage to…

I mean. . . The challenge is to not conflate a singular purview with myopia or solipsism. . . TO THE EXTREME!!!!

I mean. . . The challenge is to not conflate a singular purview with myopia or solipsism. . . TO THE EXTREME!!!!

A bit of a bummer to see so few documentaries on the list.  I would have to give serious consideration to When We Were Kings, Hands on a Hard Body, A Brief History of Time, Baraka, Mr. Death and 35 Up (and maybe even My Best Fiend) if I were making a list.

A bit of a bummer to see so few documentaries on the list.  I would have to give serious consideration to When We Were Kings, Hands on a Hard Body, A Brief History of Time, Baraka, Mr. Death and 35 Up (and maybe even My Best Fiend) if I were making a list.

Documentaries ought to reconcile a sense of fairness with the reality that the piece will necessarily be a creature of personal perspective.  That the piece will be infused with a particular point-of-view is a good thing; it's the stronger film, even one removed entirely from politics or advocacy, that reflects an…

Documentaries ought to reconcile a sense of fairness with the reality that the piece will necessarily be a creature of personal perspective.  That the piece will be infused with a particular point-of-view is a good thing; it's the stronger film, even one removed entirely from politics or advocacy, that reflects an…

How could NBC have delayed the season? Didn't they hear about our 100,000 comments?!

How could NBC have delayed the season? Didn't they hear about our 100,000 comments?!

I can't watch Eyes Wide Shut anymore without thinking of that Always Sunny episode.

I can't watch Eyes Wide Shut anymore without thinking of that Always Sunny episode.

Okay, who got us in trouble?  C'mon, out with it!

Okay, who got us in trouble?  C'mon, out with it!