What are people's favorites?  Mine would be the prelude of Dog Star Man, The Act of Seeing With One's Own Eyes (it's there with Buffy's "The Body" and Shostakovich's 14th symphony as a great work about death), The Dante Quartet, Visions in Meditation, The Dark Tower, Crack Glass Eulogy, and Chinese Series (his last…

He could have gone farther, though, and at least added a "Is Kanye West alive?" box.

It takes a little getting used to, but I've gotten there.  More than anything, it really uses (and therefore needs) a full-screen window.

Whatever you want to say about That Other Website's design, they hit it out of the park with this:  http://thedissolve.com/feat…

Runaway Train—if you haven't seen it, you need to.  It's a great example of how moving an action film can be without ever letting up on the action.  Jon Voight is an actor like Charlton Heston, in that he really can only play larger-than-life, iconic roles.  (Even his fixer in Heat is a near-mythic character, modeled…

"No miss, you don't understand.  I can't have you taking my men hostage."  More films need to use this moment.

Todd my friend, I hope you went to the ticket machine (they should all take credit cards by now) and got a four-day transit pass. I don't know where you're staying but there's most likely some form of public transportation there.  And make sure you get to 111 W. Washington for Bronx Pizza at some point (it's in…

I haven't, and I will add it to my list.

And there are plenty of real stories of people who are poor and dignified (Hoop Dreams and Random Family come to mind; so does Let Us Now Praise Famous Men) but reality television doesn't have interest in those stories. Ms. Saraiya makes that argument very well in the second paragraph, which is why,…

As a lot of people have pointed out, that's what makes him perfect in Brazil.

"Well, this is largely as I predicted, except that the Silly Party won."

@Juan_Carlo:disqus :  I hear ya.  I've found the best way to enjoy Disneyland is to get an annual pass (it pays for itself on the second visit).  That way you can go, hit a few rides, and go home, and not feel obligated to do every damn thing there. Of course, this option is really only open to Southern Californians.

That kid with the Big Wheel has got to be around here somewhere. . .

CHET!

I don't want to kill Norman but I must kill Kingsley.

@avclub-2f43b8b9dc95cdb5bd93da3c354a3916:disqus :  thanks!  The Clifton Collins, Jr. thing is in the "something I read once" category, but it's also really strongly implied on the season 6 commentaries; Shawn Ryan or Michael Chiklis say things like "let's just not talk about this guy"; given how generous both of them…

Happy Birthday. . .why do we celebrate the "birth-day," when there can be only one day on which we are truly born.  All so-called "birth-days" are but signposts on a road with only one ending, the absolute embrace of death.  How can one be "happy" on such a day, with the knowledge that another year of struggle that is…

@LimeadeYouth:disqus :  by having Michael Shannon read all of these.

Antiquing?

@avclub-75d39da149b417acd80ac7f94314e08d:disqus: Fuller's plan is seven seasons long (dream big, Bryan), and has him taking the story through the Harris novel Hannibal.  (Red Dragon would be season 4, and The Silence of the Lambs would be season 5.  In an amusing twist, Fuller can use any character from the novels unle…