Take that, Mulaney.

My experience matches yours almost exactly. Even as I was gradually getting into mainstream electronic records (and long after), I found something fundamentally distasteful about his aesthetic, as appealing as the ingredients were on paper.

That's a sufficiently good idea to guarantee that it will never happen. I can't imagine anything more glorious than Refn controlling a car action series, as much as I love each of his batshit genre excursions.

It was an annoying trend, no question. But it did lead you to mention Jacques Greene, who is totally excellent.

Indeed, I've quite enjoyed the "French fries" I've encountered in finer food court establishments.

Super-exciting news. I'm overdue to rewatch it anyway; a Criterion release is exactly how I'd prefer to do it.

My simplest example has TV On The Radio on both sides.

Not to be that guy: The Black Angels were fucking excellent both times I've seen them. I think their recorded material has dropped off considerably since they started, but man, I assure you they are worth it.

Yeah. I caught them on a college tour in…05? They played in our big, boom-y gym and the sound was just awful. I'd seen them before and have seen them since, and they've been great every other time.

Ha, I saw that same tour. DFA 79 was the middle act, at least at my show. Insane.

While people certainly can argue (and are) with some of the specific examples, does anyone who consumes a lot of "indie" disagree with the actual thesis?

Machina II was a really pleasant surprise, as much as I appreciated parts of Machina. I think Corgan also doesn't get enough credit for releasing II for free via file-sharing networks, which is sort of insane given their status and the atmosphere at the time. Of course, Virgin Records had a lot to do with it too,…

Absolutely. I was a big fan of Boyhood in general, but these two scenes were jarring. D'Angelo's writeup is a thoughtful, well-considered one; I still wonder whether he's giving Linklater too much benefit of the doubt. The massive difficulties (presumably) of condensing so much footage separated by time aside, it's…

Well done, slint. In case anyone is feeling inclined to give smithington the benefit of the doubt, please consult his comment history and scroll down to his stirring defense of female genital mutilation.

That's what happens once you've taken acting lessons with Carl Weathers. Baby, you've got a career going.

You're getting a lot of good recommendations in the responses. For what it's worth, I'll echo Demon's Souls, Journey, and the Ico/Shadow HD reissues in particular. Definitely hit Ni No Kuni, but it sounds like you're all over that.

I think that's the most important takeaway here. As easy a target as Kim Jong-Un is (or alternatively, as easy a target for disdain as Rogen/Franco are), we owe culture broadly and ourselves some consistency. I have every confidence that many posters here - and filmmakers and creative types elsewhere - are operating…

To qualify my upvote: I think the recurring film columns tend to be really good here (props to IV, Dowd, and Mike D). But yes, this is regularly one of the best reads here, and today's is a fine example.

I'm really looking forward to this. Excited to see a very positive AVC review (specifically from Sean, no less).

I think all of Bluetip's LPs are really underrated, honestly - Join Us is a favorite of mine too.