Someone mentioned A24, which, if true, is about as good a place as any for a film like this; they can actually get their stuff into a lot of theaters on a fairly regular basis. I remember Tartan did Red Road; I'm wondering if they also did "Fish Tank", which got distributed twice, the second time when Criterion picked…

Then it will get to theaters. A24 is very good about that.

I think it all depends on the critical response and if any awards come its way. Criterion has released an Arnold film before, so they have a "relationship" (again, it depends on who picks it up originally—if it ends up with IFC, then I could see Criterion cherry picking it. If it's Sony Classic or something, then they…

I'm not who you are asking, but I'd guess that something like American Honey will get a limited, at best, theatrical release in NY/LA/Chicago, then end up on the Criterion list in about a year's time at it's same length. I'm not averse to watching a long film if it's up to the task; the problem being that many of the…

Relax

That's how you took out Houdini!

A lot of the FOTL stuff is fairly similar; the new album (just came out a few weeks ago) is probably as good a choice as any. Otherwise, maybe The Plot Against Common Sense. I follow Falko on twitter, and he's a pretty funny guy, about as acerbic as you'd expect from the singer of Mclusky and FOTL. I also suspect this…

Yeah, he and I have discussed Stew a few times. If you are so inclined, I'd recommend checking out either Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle, which is a series he did for tv which is 6 half hour stand up bits (if you are in the US and have Netflix, I know one of the seasons is on there), or another standup special "41st…

He's very talented. I was a huge fan of Amores Perros, but as his work progressed, it became so weighted with misery that I couldn't watch the stuff anymore. Birdman I mostly liked, and was amused that the people who seemed so put off by it were either critics who thought they were being unfairly criticized in one…

"Rolling Thunder" is great. I'd never seen it until a few years ago, when my boss at the movie place I worked at suggested it to me (he was a fan of the film) when it finally came out on DVD. Whenever I see one of these shitty new attempts at making a cheap exploitation movie, I always wince, because when the…

McEnroe really wasn't the only tennis "brat" of the era, either; Ilie Nastase, Jimmy Connors and Vitas Gueralitis were really pricks, too. One of the things that was unique about Borg was that he was always so calm.

I'm old, so remember watching these fantastic Borg/McEnroe matches on NBC. I never really cared about tennis, but they were pretty mesmerizing. I always got a kick out of McEnroe, although he was obviously a jerk. I think the real question about this film is who is going to play Bud Collins and Dick Enberg?

I thought that was Sharon Stone

Now he looks like a Russian dissident author from 1919

The song is fine, for what it is, Brown's lyrics were always pretty wonky, but it does have their signature sound. I watched this documentary about their first reunion tour a few years back, and Brown really is the worst live singer I've ever heard. It's almost anti-singing. I'd thought after a long solo career he'd…

In the US, it was, by far, their biggest hit. Radio played nothing off the first album.

I think it's just because TV criticism has become more of a "thing", so there's been a rush to describe a few years with a handful of excellent shows as this Amazing Era, as opposed to what is really going on, which is there are more shows/outlets for tv than ever, and maybe a few more chances taken by producers. But…

Age of Aquarius

I want to say that Different Strokes was on NBC, then maybe moved to ABC in a last ditch for relevance? Yes, after a quick glance, that is what happened. Because "Facts of Life" was a spinoff of 'Strokes", and that was definitely on NBC.

Haven't seen all of them, but definitely easy to be charmed by Iggy and Patti, as they are both so smart. I think Iggy, in particular, always caught people off guard because he was depicted as this almost feral creature, but he was always so friendly and had a big smile for everybody.