I was alive when the movie came out, but I was 4, So it wasn’t on my radar. By the time I was old enough to see it (which was honestly, probably still entirely too young. I think I saw it when I was like 10 or 11) The Shining was already pretty much canonized as an all-around cinema classic, at least as far as my…

Aw, man! You would LOVE some of the programming here in San Francisco! We have a whole festival celebrating film noir, a week or two of silent film celebrations, TONS of classic film fests!

“My favorite theater experience this year probably was a replay of Muppets Most Wanted at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, but not sure how that’s factoring into the above.”

I think for me, comedies are the one genre I DO like seeing in the theater (I’m not much of an action person) because there’s something about a whole room full of people reacting to the same joke that somehow amplifies the comedy, if that makes sense. Like, somehow comedy feels even funnier if it’s collectively…

I was thinking this as well. The only acting criticism I’ve EVER heard about ‘The Shining’ was about Jack Nicholson - that he’s so menacing from the start that his slide into insanity doesn’t feel enough like a descent. I’ve never heard anything bad about Duvall’s performance!

In fairness to you, though, I think that’s why a LOT of family activities are seeing a bit of decline. Due to expenses, LOTS of people don’t get out a whole lot anymore.

“For my wife, 3 kids, and one extra kid.”

Tell me about it! I not only work in San Francisco, I work in the TENDERLOIN, largely considered the roughest part of the city, and based on the beliefs of folks who don’t live here, you’d think I spend every moment of every day dodging bullets while hopscotching over feces and needles*. In 30 years, I’ve literally…

I have a bunch of paid streaming services (Disney, Max, Paramount, Hulu and Prime - yikes! It’s a lot seeing it all listed out like that) and I actually did just notice last month that I was still spending the majority of my watch time on Tubi lately.

After watching TV glow I hunted down ‘Pete & Pete’ (I had never seen it either). I could only find the pilot, but it was worth a watch! I can definitely see it as an influence on ‘TV Glow’; it’s a weird combination of simultaneously being an obvious comedy, but still having sort of a weird, liminal, slightly wistful…

The soundtrack is amazing! I bought it on vinyl!

The fact that this movie relies heavily on the theme of nostalgia when that’s already a saturated media topic was actually a deliberate choice on Jane Schoenbrun’s part.

Came here to make sure the new St Vincent was listed. I’m glad to see that it was, although slightly disappointed that ‘All Born Screaming’ was praised with the common side insinuation that ‘Daddy’s Home’ was a misstep. I absolutely love the different vibes of both albums.

“My relative seems to believes that if an 8 year old says “I think I am a different gender” then they can walk into some magic clinic the same day they decide that and just get all the surgery they need to transition.”

I’m obsessed with both the soundtrack AND the score to ‘TV Glow!’

“It’s definitely one of their best, but it doesn’t stand out as a major stylistic departure to me?”

I’m coincidentally just in the middle of a rewatch of the Critic right now on Tubi! It largely seems incredible that it’s almost 30 years old until they either make a joke about the ‘youth culture’ of Gen X (this morning I just watched the episode about the Nirvana-esque ‘Nuns in a Blender’) or until I start noticing…

Plus, I wonder if that crew member actually worked in visual effects, because using digital effects and having to map an image onto the contours of a person’s face, especially if they’re moving, is actually much MUCH harder than just setting up a projector and shining it on the actor’s face.

I thought it was hilarious, but with horror comedies, you could quibble over which box you want to put it in.

Those first few seasons were the ones that I consistently enjoyed the most. It was still a fairly good show for a number of years after, and I’d argue that every once in a while they still give us a great episode, but nothing ever felt as joyful and free-wheeling as those first three seasons. Matt and Trey clearly…