What a dismissive response. I'm saying that a lot of black people are upset by claims that he "transcended" blackness in some way. That's not shit-stirring, that's black people talking about racism and the erasure of their culture.

Yup - see Jian Ghomeshi for one high profile example. Macleans talked to people who had known him in university and found that he'd become a sort of "Messiah" at the time because of the way he fought for women, while all the while he was viciously abusing them on the side. http://www.macleans.ca/news…

Yeah … I've been seeing a lot of (mostly white) people say that Prince transcended race, and a lot of black people arguing that this isn't true at all and that he would have argued against this. It's a bit offensive and inaccurate to erase this part of him. What's it supposed to mean, anyway? That he bucked…

Slightly related question: Did anyone else here like Magic in the Moonlight? I didn't like the young woman/older man dynamic (well, it would have been fine if - spoilers, I guess - she hadn't wound up with him), but aside from that I found it charming and enjoyable, and was kind of surprised to see the vitriol around…

Schmidt became a much better person with Cece, so I'm glad they've done so much work to redeem him (and his partnership with her) since his horrible two-timing a couple of seasons ago.

Ah, that makes sense. Thank you!

Honest question, if anyone knows: What lists is she talking about (or does she mean mental lists of bankable stars)?

That's the one I always link too! They explain it so clearly (I especially like the part about moving the camera defensively, not artistically) and the visual examples are so effective.

Yeah, isn't reliving your life with the knowledge you have now and getting to fix your mistakes a common sci-fi fantasy/trope? I don't get why people are confused about the choice. I mean, it might be a difficult one in the movie, but choosing the old boyfriend doesn't jump out at me as the obvious decision.

Hey, Marielle Heller!! I loved The Diary of a Teenage Girl so I was hoping she'd direct another movie soon!

I saw it for the first time a year or two ago and I was shocked by how heartbreaking and terrifying it is to watch. I guess years of knowing about the Hindenburg through a cultural catchphrase had made it hard to think of the disaster on a "real" level until I saw the footage of it actually happening. And now it feels…

Well, here: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

I haven't seen the remake but Kobayashi's film is one of my favourites, and also one that I feel gets far too little attention for how great it is! I got excited just to see you mention it in passing. I'll have to see the remake.

I'm a fan of Godard but he's also made some of my LEAST favourite films, so I wouldn't call myself a diehard fan … I'm not sure I would apply the word "like" to GTL, but I do think it's interesting and worth seeing, if only for the lizard eye effect described above. (Though I'd also use the words "interesting and…

No problem. The whole background of the article/book is interesting to consider, with Talese acting ethically questionable at best (he knew Foos was committing a crime for decades, and even participated in it at one point, but kept it a secret because of their confidentiality agreement; he decided not to report Foos…

Talese actually found out about the murder six years after it happened (around 1983). He asked the police in 2013 if anything had come of the case but they couldn't find anything in their records (partially because the victim had had no name, and the records weren't electronic when the murder happened). I do have to…