I was apparently only 8 and was undoubtedly stupid… but damn do I remember loving THE MIGHTY ORBOTS *and* VOLTRON.

Sure - it's all about what you connect with. I'm about as misanthropic and socially anxious a person as you can be without being medicated or institutionalized, but I find a well-observed film about people like BEFORE SUNRISE/SUNSET or Woody's films of the 80s far more fascinating than most sensational movies about…

You seem to prefer primarily visual filmmaking over verbal, so yes, you'd likely like WKW more than Woody Allen. (And you know, those jerks in REQUIEM FOR A DREAM wouldn't have any problems if they'd just man up and grow a pair instead of doing all that heroin…)

So you've seen 5 movies out of like 4 dozen… spanning 15 years of a 40 year career. Yep, sure sounds like an informed opinion to me. You've surely earned your ALL CAPS appraisal.

As someone who loves WKW movies *and* Woody Allen movies… the two have nothing in common. Nothing. Nor does this review make it seem as though they do. "… it feels too much like a Wong Kar-Wai movie. In its elliptical treatment of beautiful people uttering quasi-poetic statements against a backdrop of lurid neon…

I haven't watched S7 since I first mainlined the whole series in 6 months to catch up in time to see the broadcast of the series finale. At the time, though, I thought this season was really quite strong. After the non-starter Initiative stuff of S4, the rare miscasting (Glory) in S5 and the overextended…

@Donald - RIVER OF GRASS is available on Netflix. I just watched it last night and it's fascinating to me how far Reichardt's work has come since then. It's a solid piece of indie cinema with a great sense of place… but there's not a ton to distinguish it from other solid, mid-90s regional indie stuff. And I'm…

Agreed - I'm always pleasantly surprised by how many people I recommend VG to are already fans.

I swear, about half the times I find myself laughing aloud at a comment on these boards, it's been posted by Yankee Deer. You, sir or ma'am, live up to your Eigemaniacal username.

Burt Reynolds was offered John McClane in DIE HARD. *shudder*

Whaddaya need, a roadmap?

Honestly Noel, I thought B- was damn generous. And I totally blame Peebles.

Hey you millionaires! Get outta that garbage!

Yeah, if you're looking to crack jokes, von Trier's not gonna be for you. He has pretty much no concern for what people are going to find ridiculous - if you want to laugh, whatever, knock yourself out. He's not going to *not* do something just because he's afraid people will mock it. If you want to engage with the…

Total von Trier acolyte here… DOGVILLE and ANTICHRIST are both in my Top 20 for the decade and BREAKING THE WAVES would be in my Top 5 of all time (seriously)… and I hate DANCER IN THE DARK.

Also, that means no BEFORE SUNSET on the big list? Oh, I'm gonna have a problem with that…

I was wondering about that. But I was surprised to see THE 25TH HOUR here, then, as I thought there was some serious love 'round these parts for that one.

Agreed! Also, I'm kind of hugely surprised not to see one of the many indelible scenes from MULHOLLAND DRIVE (the dream story in Winkies, Betty's audition or (best of all?) the Rebekah Del Rio scene in Club Silencio).

Hrm. I just got done with House of Leaves and had a damn hard time even finishing the thing. Glad all y'all loved it, but for me it ranks with the first season of HEROES as one of the best examples of "Great Concept/Shitty Execution" I can think of. So self-satisfied and smug. Like David Foster Wallace without the…

There's a semi-interview/article in the Village Voice this week that catches up with Stillman. He's apparently back in NYC, still working, but seemingly not too much nearer to making that next film.