Glad to hear.
 
Unless I've missed it, there was no book AVQ&A this month, one of the suggestions as to why was that you were the one taking care of it, is that the case?
It's not like there isn't a small one somewhere about twice a week, but it was nice to have one big one that everybody saw, would you be the right…

Thanks @avclub-29501df08e5d9ae59e432e4f188d3735:disqus and @avclub-df106893a4574bccb7bce1ff66e788b9:disqus   I'll put in on the to-read list, I'd never heard of him before (and checking, he's indeed barely been translated into French, and there doesn't seem to be any UK editions of his books either).

I love Le Nozze, it might be the most perfect opera ever. It has everything, the tunes, the plot, when it's done right it's as perfect a show as can be. And Cherubino can so easily steal the evening.

What's your take on V.?

Good to hear! I'm seeing them in a few weeks, and I'm getting pumped (there was a lingering doubt as, let's face it, they are old).

If I remember correctly, Tasha had mentioned she'd been reading it a few months ago in an AVQ&A, it might be a review that she had files before leaving.

It's the second time I hear of that one (the first was also around here, I assume you mean the John Barth one), again in a context that makes it sound appealing. It's a bit too long to put it in my immediate to-read queue, but I'll make a note (and as much as I love modernist and post-modernist lit, I'll have to take…

Oooh, I love A Cock and Bull Story!

TV

Coraline is not bad, and it's probably great for kids, but it's Gaiman distilled to its essence (scary mirror/parallel world) without much of the embellishments and digressions that make him so great.
It's too focused on the main story whereas the main quality of his books is how he manages to suggest entire universes…

I should have put a paragraph break between the two sentences.
The second one was more a reaction to what I remember of the comments from various newswires about The Canyons, and what seems to be opinion of him in general.

Breaking Bad, you'll be done with the whole series in time for the new episodes.

I haven't seen Affliction either (or read Banks for that matter, he's one of the many authors on my one day I will list, although I suspect he's one of these American authors more popular in France than in the home country, he's always had a fairly high profile and the movies were very much marketed as adaptations),…

You're probably right. I haven't seen as many as I wish I had (not the early ones you mention for instance), but I remember reading about American Gigolo being presented as the apotheosis of 80's sleek shallowness, but as you say, it's anything but (Cat People was apparently more deserving of this opinion, and…

American Gigolo is very much worth seeing, and not just because Richard Gere looks sexy in it.
I find it a bit sad that Schrader's movies don't seem to be taken very seriously, he's one of the most underrated directors around.

It seems I'd have to buy it, however, researching, I found the following list that you (and others) might find interesting: http://www.guardian.co.uk/f…

Thanks, I'll have to try a look.

It was a bit of a shortcut (was five minutes before the end of the working day), but given that the prizes are handed out after actual debate rather than anonymous votes, that the jury is apparently more or less cordoned off from most outside contact, that they come from all walks of life (making the efforts to…

But at least he fully acknowledged his debt to Bela Tarr, it might have helped give him new viewers.

My main sources for (movie) news at the time were Les Cahiers du Cinema, Le Monde and Liberation (I'm French, not just pretentious). The Cahiers and the whole critical establishment were certainly head over heels over Gus Van Sant at the time.
Given that school shootings and guns in general are an entirely foreign…