What are your top picks in Japanese cinema, then? I will say that I am a definitely a fan of Kurosawa, though not of Rashomon. The acting in that film is too theatrical and overwrought for my taste. I found Dreams visually beautiful but a bit tedious and too on-the-nose. I didn't care for The Bad Sleep Well at all. I…

I believe the AVC deliberately runs these articles as a meta-commentary and "in-joke" on our pop culture obsessions. Oh look, another fluff piece on Alison Brie….

I believe the AVC deliberately runs these articles as a meta-commentary and "in-joke" on our pop culture obsessions. Oh look, another fluff piece on Alison Brie….

Celebrity does silly things that many silly people do, gets attention because: celebrity.

Celebrity does silly things that many silly people do, gets attention because: celebrity.

@avclub-0ae7484a9f3bbd2a21df420050c032ae:disqus So, Simpsons didn't do it? Unpossible!

@avclub-0ae7484a9f3bbd2a21df420050c032ae:disqus So, Simpsons didn't do it? Unpossible!

When is @JudgeReinhold:disqus  going to comment in here?

When is @JudgeReinhold:disqus  going to comment in here?

BOB LOBLAW LOBS LAW BOMB

BOB LOBLAW LOBS LAW BOMB

As humiliating as those are, I get the feeling that from his own point of view, GOB's lowest moments come courtesy of his father.

As humiliating as those are, I get the feeling that from his own point of view, GOB's lowest moments come courtesy of his father.

FLAGGED ON EARTH

FLAGGED ON EARTH

They're fun movies (I am, of course, excluding the prequels). Demanding a high level of consistency is asking for a lot. As long as it's not a massively stupid plot hole, why care so much about a consistent world? It's the illusion of a coherent world, one greater than what we're shown, that matters.

They're fun movies (I am, of course, excluding the prequels). Demanding a high level of consistency is asking for a lot. As long as it's not a massively stupid plot hole, why care so much about a consistent world? It's the illusion of a coherent world, one greater than what we're shown, that matters.

That's a shame. I hoped she'd done at least one more film where… "Garbo Dies".

That's a shame. I hoped she'd done at least one more film where… "Garbo Dies".

Looper: "He always arrived in time to do the job. One day, he was in time… and out of time."