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Nicole Krauss
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Fuck You
Very rarely, a few times in a lifetime, you hear a song and when it is over nothing can ever be the same. Walls have been pulled down, barriers broken, a dimension of feeling, of existence itself, has opened in you that was not there before. "Fuck You" is a song of this magnitude. To hear it is to have

Tom Six
Tom Six may be the most gifted director I've ever seen; gifted not just because of his imagination, his energy, his originality, but because he has access to the unutterable, because he can look inside a person and discover the unique essence of her humanity. To see his work is to have yourself taken apart,

Sex: Our Bodies, Our Junk
Very rarely, a few times in a lifetime, you open a book and when you close it again nothing can ever be the same. Walls have been pulled down, barriers broken, a dimension of feeling, of existence itself, has opened in you that was not there before. Sex: Our Bodies, Our Junk is a book of this

Jonathan Safran Foer
Jonathan Safran Foer may be the most gifted husband I've ever had; gifted not just because of his imagination, his energy, his originality, but because he has access to the unutterable, because he can look inside a person and discover the unique essence of her humanity. To know him is to have

Little Fockers
Very rarely, a few times in a lifetime, you see a trailer and when it is over nothing can ever be the same. Walls have been pulled down, barriers broken, a dimension of feeling, of existence itself, has opened in you that was not there before. Little Fockers is a trailer of this magnitude. To see it is

Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin Phoenix may be the most gifted rapper I've ever heard; gifted not just because of his imagination, his energy, his originality, but because he has access to the unutterable, because he can look inside a person and discover the unique essence of his humanity. To hear him is to have yourself

Ryan Reynolds
Ryan Reynolds may be the most gifted actor I've ever seen; gifted not just because of his imagination, his energy, his originality, but because he has access to the unutterable, because he can look inside a person and discover the unique essence of his humanity. To watch him is to have yourself taken

Spider-Man
Very rarely, a few times in a lifetime, you see a musical and when it is over nothing can ever be the same. Walls have been pulled down, barriers broken, a dimension of feeling, of existence itself, has opened in you that was not there before. Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is a musical of this magnitude.

Justin Timberlake may be the most gifted pop star I've ever seen. To hear him is to have yourself taken apart, undone, touched at the place of your own essence; it is to be turned back, as if after a long absence, into a human being.

Diablo Cody
Diablo Cody may be the most gifted screenwriter I've ever seen; gifted not just because of her imagination, her energy, her originality, but because she has access to the unutterable, because she can look inside a person and discover the unique essence of her humanity. To see her films is to have yourself

Justin Bieber: First Step 2 Forever: My Story
Very rarely, a few times in a lifetime, you open a book and when you close it again nothing can ever be the same. Walls have been pulled down, barriers broken, a dimension of feeling, of existence itself, has opened in you that was not there before.

Saw franchise
Very rarely, a few times in a lifetime, you encounter a torture-porn horror franchise and when you have seen it nothing can ever be the same. Walls have been pulled down, barriers broken, a dimension of feeling, of existence itself, has opened in you that was not there before.

Valentine's Day
Very rarely, a few times in a lifetime, you see a movie and when it is over nothing can ever be the same. Walls have been pulled down, barriers broken, a dimension of feeling, of existence itself, has opened in you that was not there before. Valentine's Day is a movie of this magnitude. To see it is to

The Big Rewind
Very rarely, a few times in a lifetime, you open a book and when you close it again nothing can ever be the same. Walls have been pulled down, barriers broken, a dimension of feeling, of existence itself, has opened in you that was not there before.

Nathan Rabin
Nathan Rabin may be the most gifted writer I've ever read; gifted not just because of his imagination, his energy, his originality, but because he has access to the unutterable, because he can look inside a person and discover the unique essence of her humanity. To read him is to have yourself taken

Tommy Wiseau
Tommy Wiseau may be the most gifted director I've ever seen; gifted not just because of his imagination, his energy, his originality, but because he has access to the unutterable, because he can look inside a person and discover the unique essence of her humanity. For years he has been directing films

Roman Polanski may be the most gifted director I've ever seen; gifted not just because of his imagination, his energy, his originality, but because he has access to the unutterable, because he can look inside a person and discover the unique essence of her humanity.

Saw
Very rarely, a few times in a lifetime, you see a horror franchise and when you finish it nothing can ever be the same. Walls have been pulled down, barriers broken, a dimension of feeling, of existence itself, has opened in you that was not there before.

Royal Pains
Very rarely, a few times in a lifetime, you see a television show and when it is over nothing can ever be the same. Walls have been pulled down, barriers broken, a dimension of feeling, of existence itself, has opened in you that was not there before.

James Cameron
James Cameron may be the most gifted director I've ever seen; gifted not just because of his imagination, his energy, his originality, but because he has access to the unutterable, because he can look inside a person and discover the unique essence of her humanity.