I disagree with those above me. I found Augie March to be wonderful, especially by the end. It takes a while to get into, but give it a chance, as I feel it really comes together beautifully.

The Decameron by Boccaccio. Just the preface and intro so far, but I'm psyched to get into it. Can't wait.

On the Waterfront: What a great fucking film! Loved it. The Criterion transfer is excellent as well. Brando has such power and force on screen and the car ride with his brother is one hell of a scene. It's a famous, oft-repeated line, but the emotion in the 'I could've been a contender/I could've been something!' line…

Regardless of who is right or wrong here…Jezebel really is a disgusting magazine.

How the sub-text is explored through craft is part of the craft, the actual worldview itself is irrelevant to it's quality. In other words, this review barely passes as a film review…it was largely just a rant that belonged on Tumblr.

What a terrible review. I mean, it is a terrible film, but is it so much to ask a film reviewer actually critique the film's craft? The film isn't a terrible film because of it's worldview issues or because it doesn't align with your own, it's a terrible film because it's crafted terribly.

You can assume whatever you like, man.

People with talent. People who know how to write poetry. People who don't write average prose.

I went on a tangent, to discuss the state of American fiction as a whole. But I was also responding to things that were in the FOC. Creative writing programs, less people writing and reading 'relevant things' (whatever the fuck 'relevant' means) the value of fiction, and so on. I think the quality of fiction does play…

There's still been some pretty decent writers over the last 20-40 years ( a much better timeframe to look at when judging the state of any countries fiction) and the death of literature thing is a bit overblown at times. There's more people writing and reading today than just about any other time through history.…

Shame he couldn't write.

It must suck to not be able to enjoy movies that don't align with your worldview.

Because it's a wonderful literary text, with a lot of richness to explore.

What a silly statement at the end of your post there. Cruise is a very fine actor.

Really great article! I especially liked this quote from Cuaron:

I want the writer/s to write whatever goddamn characters they want. I'd be completely and utterly happy if every single character in the show was white and a male, as long as the show was good. I'd be happy if every single character was a woman, or every single character was black, or if every character had a gimpy…

You've Got Mail is solid. Not as good as Sleepless in Seattle, which is miles ahead of most rom-coms currently being made.

His actual poetry is very mediocre.

I'd take Schneider over Dunham. Schneider may be unfunny, not overly-intelligent or insightful, be a mediocre actor (Wow, the similarities between the two are actually pretty striking) and genuinely add nothing of value to the history of cinema or television…but at least Schneider isn't smug.

Holy shit, she is insufferable.