I didn't watch the Alias pilot until well into Lost's 3rd season. The
one thing that stuck out most for me was how overstuffed it is. I've
thought ever since that if Alias debuted five years later, all of the action and incident contained in the Pilot would have been stretched out over the first half-season, at least,…

House of Leaves is the only book that I had to remove from my bedroom in order to sleep, but as it's already been mentioned I'll add Shirley Jackson's "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" to the list.

House of Leaves is the only book that I had to remove from my bedroom in order to sleep, but as it's already been mentioned I'll add Shirley Jackson's "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" to the list.

That's why I added the "particularly". Subjectivity is, of course, essential and unavoidable, but film criticism requires one to seperate, to some extent, the art and craft from the ideology. I imagine you too would cry foul if you felt a review of "Birth of the Nation" or "Triumph of the Will" was as much a reaction…

Make that, "House of Leaves". It's late and I'm stupid.

This warrents an "F"?
I have no doubt I would probably grade the film the same myself, but the AV Club is pretty restrained when it comes to issueing F's. Kind of makes it hard to see this review as not being heavily influenced by the reviewers own political beliefs. I mean, I know they weren't written by him, but…

Almost Totally Off-Topic…
But has anybody checked out the book "House of Blue Leaves" by Mark Z Danielewski? It was published in 2000 (written, I assume, around the same time as BWP was being filmed) and employs many of the same conventions (faux- documentary style, North Eastern US setting, existential dread and…

Closing Credit Music…
Someone already mentioned "Where Is My Mind"/Fight Club and that's definitely one that sprung immediately to my mind, but then I got to thinking…