Straight guy here. This movie is awesome and very underrated as a Zemeckis picture. It’s very fun. Sure, the satirical targets are very old (like Madeline and Helen get) but you get involved because of these delectable characters and the story’s sheer entertainment value, which includes a fantastic production design,…

If you’re a woman on a set dominated by men, and you feel like your concerns are being dismissed by these men, then yes, you might request a woman in a position of power on the set. That woman can amplify your voice and your concerns to the men in a way that you perhaps cannot. (Basically, the idea is this: one woman…

It’s hot in the desert. You want to get up early and not do rigging, or setting up props in 90 degree heat. Set up early, start filming before mid day sun and be done quicker.

His work with Soulsavers was fantastic!

She’s pretty clear that his response, running up to her to ask what she said (a common way to start a physical fight), was what made her feel unsafe.

So much of his recent solo stuff was really a collaboration with Alain Johannes, who used to be in a wonderful band called Eleven (with his wife Natasha Schneider, who also collaborated with QotSA and sadly passed away a few years back).

His turn into more electronic influences was so weird and yet so interesting. Really loved his work with Duke Garwood and Isobel Campbell (seems like Campbell was exhausted by him, though). And it was amazing over the last few years seeing him finally openly happy. Heartbreaking news, for me. 

RIP to a legend. His voice accompanied me on a lot of lonely night and winter drives in my teens and early 20s.

If we’re going to talk about his solo albums, we have to include Mike Johnson (bassist for Dinosaur Jr in the 90s) who co-produced the first 4 or 5 including Whiskey for the Holy Ghost and Scraps at Midnight…

Jazz in the 1950s had a pretty bad survival rate too. Not coincidentally, heroin was pretty common in that scene too.

Well, damn.
It’s not that long ago that i thought of people in the range of 57 as Very Old, but... damn. Only 57.

I don’t watch many romcoms, I came relatively late to this (either that, or my perception of time has been screwy, but still, four years!), but it’ll be a big loss to the site that this is wrapping up.

Though Wright’s adaptation emerged in the shadow of the six-part BBC/A&E miniseries that gave the world Colin Firth fever in 1995, it was actually only the second big screen adaptation of Austen’s signature story.

Even though I knew the story already from the film adaptations, when I finally got around to reading the book, I realized within the first chapter why it enjoys such a good reputation. Pride and Prejudice really is an enjoyable read. Austen's prose is the perfect example of "economy of words". She manages to say far…

I am so sad this column is coming to an end. I love that it’s a serious analysis of a lot of films which often get overlooked or treated with disdain, and there’s been a good mix of classics I’ve seen, underrated gems I want to see, and some really terrible pieces of work. Another one bites the dust...

Oh, tons of studies. Pretty much everyone who works in academia who isn’t a straight, white male knows firsthand how being something other than a straight white man affects their teaching evaluations. Departments keep using them, even though they know that there is very little useful information to be glean from them.…

I mean any time you can respond to someone from a different country’s accusations by saying “Well she doesn’t even speak good English!” you’ve just gotta do it. It’s the only way to save face, really.

I’m just glad that years of vile and terrible behavior will be punished by... checks notes... being purchased by a larger company for a large sum of money and Kotick will keep his job. The lesson, as always, is be white and wealthy.

So this must be what it feels like to be a Harry Potter fan...

The thing that really gets me is that he’s a skilled writer, but he can’t see how this narrative is unfolding.

He also takes shots at everyone mentioned, even when being ostensibly complimentary. Carpenter fumbles her lines, Gadot doesn’t speak English well, Fisher can’t act and is evil. If people are weaponizing every little thing, well...

Ultimately, if most of the people you work with on multiple projects are independently…