Excellent Essay, Steven
This is one of the better essays the AVClub has published in a while. It's thoughtful, well researched and does a great job of putting "The Wall" in both a historical and contemporary context.

Anouk Aimee?

As is the Gallagher ending.

It was also released as "Stand Up Comic" by Rhino in the late 90's.

The laserdisc of Cronenberg's "Crash" had a director's commentary that wasn't included on the DVD. Very frustrating.

Donald - I know "Out 1: Spectre" has screened at least twice in NYC: once at the Anthology Film Archives (which is where I saw it) and once during the Museum of Moving Image's Rivette retrospective.

Yes, Bolano. "The Savage Detectives" does bog down but it is ultimately worth it. "2666" is more accessible, though I know many people had trouble with "The Part About The Murders." On the other hand, it doesn't have quite the emotional payoff as "Savage Detectives."

It's kinda like Bob Newhart being best friends with Don Rickles.

TV Shows Are Difficult?
I'll be the cranky old man: people find watching tv shows, especially sitcoms, difficult? "God, Parks and Recreation was so tough that first season, but it really paid off in the second."

It's mentioned on one of the previous pages, along with "Finnegans Wake."

"50 different styles that change depending on the angle your looking at it." You got it. That's what you need to know. If you know the architectural styles Crowley refers to, fine, but you just need to know the house is a mix (or mess) of influences.

Park - I thought the problem with Brothers Grimm was that it was Weinsteined up.

Yeah, it always surprises me when an audience gets noisy or restless during experimental or non-narrative movies. What do they expect? I remember an audience at MoMA getting cranky during a screening of "La Region Centrale." Did they not know it was a three hour landscape study of an arid part of Canada?

Or maybe you just don't like Pynchon's writing, and "Crying" is the exception to the rule. Nothing wrong with that: some books are gonna work for you, some are not.

I love "The Falls." Coincidentally, I just added it to my iPad this week so I can watch it on a long upcoming flight.

"Faculty" and "bitching" go together like clouds and rain.

I saw "Book of Mormon" and it is great. If you can go, do. I never liked Josh on "The Daily Show" and was sort of dreading having to see him onstage, but he totally won me over.

Plus the fact that it was a beetle (Beatle) that was a skelter bug.

Not that it's a contest, but this thread in the comments section is more enlightening and has more insight into "Enter The Void" that the video above.

Sigh
What's really frustrating about their discussion of "Enter The Void" is the facf that they keep giggling throughout and offering backhanded compliments. They treat the average schlocky Hollywood summer blockbuster with more respect.