Half Moon Street and Saint Jack are terrific

"Skip" is English slang, not American

Cornelius Quartet is great. Neuromancer is one of the most baffling and confusing novels I have ever read, and I really like Gibson's IDORU

Scarlett Thomas' The Seed Collectors

I left L.A. for Vancouver. The UV rays and smog can fuck off.

I saw Anjelica Huston speak once, and she basically said that Gallo is the most unpleasant director she's ever worked with. She also called Upstate NY the "armpit of America", which is about right.

"A Japanese film called LINDA, LINDA, LINDA"-which is a terrific and hilarious coming-of-age story about an all-girl rock band trying to juggle high school bullshit with music. Get with it, AV Club.

Bull fucking shit.

He is wrong. They're both terrific filmmakers

Bashing Lars von Trier (who didn't have a film playing, and secured financing for his latest) for no apparent reason

Refn just made an ass out of himself at Cannes

you know the AV Club is getting lazy when even Ain't it Cool News posts this first

I think it's majestically awful. The Pepsi vs. Mountain Dew billboard-off and hyperdrive motorycle finale are stunning.

the Jarmusch doc being rote and predictable doesn't surprise me. I couldn't stand his Neil Young documentary, Year of the Horse

Other sites say it's extremely boring and feels like an after-school special

We should consider ourselves lucky to have brilliant directors like von Trier and Refn. Not everyone can reach the cinematic heights of Paul Feig and Judd Apatow

suggestions for future My Year of Flops:

Mistress America was hilarious

Capatch was the second host.

but do you think there was anything remarkable about the film's direction? I don't think Feig has a clue as to how he can make something visually interesting