This review of "Pamela Part 1" was the first I've read that's actually seemed to understand the point being made by the rape scene and the episode as a whole, rather than dismissing it as "icky." Well done.

God, this song is so good. The single most comforting song I listened to when my dad passed away a few years back (and I listened to a ton of sad bastard music at the time, for obvious reasons). I love how honest and raw it is without being maudlin or depressing. He's just singing about someone he cared about who…

My sister has terrible taste in music (pop-country and musical theatre, mostly), but when I was in elementary school I stole her copies of the Beatles 1964-66/1967-70 and Oasis' (What's The Story) Morning Glory? on cassette and wore them out pretty spectacularly. Two decades later and I'm still an obsessive fan of the…

Since I dealt with my grief over Philip Seymour Hoffman by marathoning Boogie Nights and Magnolia, I think it's safe to say I'll be an absolute mess when Paul Thomas Anderson goes. He's my favorite living director and continuously makes such incredible, transcendent films. The thought that there will come a time when…