Ah, there it is. Sweet. Thanks!

Robert F. Boyle
Speaking of fear and darkness, how about a newswire article about the death of Robert F. Boyle, Hitchcock's greatest production designer? I mean, he isn't The Situation or anything, but still:

Is Rabin really being sarcastic? I took most of his comments about JT's talent as being pretty sincere, if humorously overstated. Except for the part about the invisible jet, I guess.

You see? Gibberish, all gibberish!

But he'll never be as cool as Robert Evans.

Right, it's Helms, not Dulles. It's a fun, crazy scene, but it really takes you out of the movie.

Roger Ebert writes:

Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone has a disconcerting habit of casting big stars in unnecessary scenes, cutting them for the theatrical release, then restoring them for the director's cut. We've already mentioned Ashley Judd in Natural Born Killers, but there's also John Larroquette (as a Carson-like talk show host) in JFK…

It's one of my favorites, too. I watched it again recently on Netflix on Demand, and it holds up wonderfully well.

Save the date
Another blessed event:

Finding a corpse underneath the clay
The first parallel that came to mind is this sequence from Pink Floyd The Wall, when Pink peels the flesh away from his face:

That's actually one of my ten favorite episodes. A little slight, maybe, but really amusing and sweet.

Piper Maru
The last scene—"Feel better?" "Like a new man"—is probably the best cliffhanger the show ever did. (Scully and Skinner's standoff at the end of "The Blessing Way" is a close second.) I remember almost levitating out of my seat with excitement when I saw it for the first time. And the funny thing is that I…

Syzygy
I have fond memories of this episode, although I'm not sure how well it would hold up today. What I remember most vividly, though, is the outrage that some of Mulder and Scully's interactions caused in the online fanbase. This exchange, especially, really pissed people off:

It exists! I picked up a copy in a Blockbuster cutout bin not too long ago. That was a good day.

Roger on the one-legged reporter: "Who is he to criticize anybody?"

I also love the wide shot of Pete pleading with the clients through the glass partition, while Don and Roger argue in the foreground.

Ken Kwapis
So brilliant a director on TV…and then, on the big screen, he gives us License to Wed, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, He's Just Not That Into You, Dunston Checks In, and The Beautician and the Beast. What the hell happened?

We're through the looking glass here, people.

And I actually paid to see Domino and Southland Tales in the theater. (Yes, I was one of those twelve people.) So I've given him the benefit of the doubt for a long, long time.