New York, New York!!!

Great piece of writing, O'Neal.

I said he was on his way.  Not there yet, kiddo.

The urge to have a drink at lunchtime? You're on your way to becoming a great artist!

The urge to have a drink at lunchtime? You're on your way to becoming a great artist!

I still play MP3s on my computer (

Both of these sketches are probably my tie for favorite SNL sketch ever.  Blue-Jean Committee taking the lead due to the total lack of real jokes.  Amazing.  Armisen's a master of subtlety.  Not sure why people slag him off so much.

Maybe this one will be based on Three Amigos!

A nice double feature: Rififi and Le Cercle Rouge.

Look at you go!

I believe The Music Box in Chicago is showing it in 70mm during their upcoming 70mm fest. The Music Box is one of the things I miss most about moving away, there's always something worth seeing there, great mix of new arthouse and classics in nice prints.  I did see Playtime projected once (in 35mm, not in…

I think you have your statement backwords.  "People" are thinking about violence, American history and slavery, "Spike Lee" is thinking about whether QT can use it in a movie.  His beef is not legitimate. 
As usual, I agree with @avclub-c1fe85b855c6d045b827f74a1e2c3fd7:disqus

the man likes his poppyseed muffins.  nothing wrong with that.

They did??  I know someone mentioned the book in their best books of the year, but I missed the film review. Stupid day job making me not look at the internet sometimes…

@avclub-cfe912f5cb3aa572bd1c9ae2a9b82207:disqus , or anyone else in this thread, have you watched The Story of Film doc series?  It's currently streaming on Netflix. It's fantastic. Schrader is one of the more prominent talking heads throughout, with some nice insights into his own films as well as a clear love for…

I don't know, he just sounds desperate and in a shitty situation of (mostly) his own making.

I've been trying to keep up with going to the movies, but I haven't seen any of the films on the director's list.  (Amour comes out next week in Mpls and I guess I should drag myself to Lincoln one of these days…) 

@avclub-f121d09285898f1c66d66f1e6f0455a6:disqus It seemed like the sales were non-stop.  I know B&N added more days around Thanksgiving, and then Amazon and Best Buy had 50-60% off sales in December too (which doesn't help now).  I follow Criterion on twitter, as well, and once or twice last year they did a quick 24…

@avclub-c9be0674ead9b2448c14d31c64f2b01b:disqus , I don't recall what was on the bonus features for the old Kieslowski box. I assume much of the same (the Anna Innsdorf interviews, etc..)  But I will say, the colors and image quality are amazingly lush.  I wonder if they'll release an updated Decalogue.  I had the…

Make it 4 pages, motherfucker, and you got yourself a DVD supplement.