Perfect response. Its central appeal is exactly what you describe. Its not really about its story or subtlety or whatever else, or simply its profound technical proficiency, but how that relates to the fundamental experience that could accompany motion pictures. Its technical aspects are the main selling point, but…

It’s been on one of the earliest published lists at #13 or so. I can’t remember which one though.

Blackstar is on most lists I've seen.

Elisabeth Moss is obviously more deserving of the title of actor of the decade. Mad Men, Top of the Lake and Handmaid’s Tale for TV plus her roles in Alex Ross Perry’s films, The Square, etc. Not even close.

He stated his definition of cinema, and it isn’t what the Marvel movies are. There’s no real sense of mystery (in the deeper sense), no deep spiritual revelation and certainly very little aesthetic revelation. He says it’s more committee-based audiovisual entertainment than something personal or singular in vision.…

That is correct.

Can you elaborate on that? In what ways did it become what those critics insisted they hated about The Return? Legion certainly seems to have stolen and dumbed down numerous ideas from The Return, but I would still think Legion supporters would be ok with that since its all far more comprehensible, literal and…

It was slow going and difficult to watch because it was tedious. All the heavy-handed important-feeling standalone episodes, constant overexplanations and Jon Hamm narration spelling out key themes were what made it a flawed season more so than any plot related decisions. If all that were condensed into an 8 episode…

Judging by that response I can tell you haven’t softened, lol. To be accurate, it also isn’t season 3, as it is referred to only as A Limited Event Series on the Blu-ray. It’s slippery even by nature of its title, and you do end this review referring to certain programming that most accurately qualify as events more…

I can’t help but notice how Mike totally elided including Twin Peaks: The Return as the actual most recent centerpiece of discussion while softening (and being less salty) on his view that a film is something that you watch in a single sitting, since he mentioned those other longform masterpieces without batting an…

It’s strange if not objectively wrong to say Kanye went 1 for 5 when every album was at least good (four of them receiving B’s or better from avclub) and 3 of them were exceptionally good. Kids See Ghosts got an 84 on metacritic. Teyana a 77 and is being slept on. It’s an insane narrative people are spinning about…

This review is ridiculous. Not the content, but the fact it was published at all. The album is still clearly being worked on, which is why it hasn’t been released yet. I know there’s a disclaimer at the top of the review, but still...why bother?

My thoughts exactly.

I think we've seen that sort of thing done a lot in other works, and in sire that's partially why it isn't done here. Plus, smoke is much more enigmatic, befitting Bowie.

I don't think this is happening. As noted earlier, Goodman has been against it from the start. Every other week you'll read some major film critic publish an article about how great it is. Last week it was David Ehrlich. Three weeks ago it was Glenn Kenny. The positivity has not died down, at least among those who are…

Here's the thing, though. I don't think they "had" to write anything around Harry's absence, as one line about him being sick or having moved away would have sufficed. They chose to, and they keep choosing to have Frank call him, and there may be a payoff to that later.

Exactly. Showtime didn't force Lynch to give them more episodes or to include certain actors. It makes no sense on any level when everything points to Lynch having complete control over every aspect.

The money could also go towards time. And since each part is nearly an hour, we could easily imagine that a shorter amount of episodes could be cut to 45 minutes apiece and Showtime still could have got their money from so many months of subscriptions, or simply left the count at 9 episodes and had them air every…

Sean O'Neal, I wish you'd stop with the "Showtime tacked on an additional 10 episodes." Nobody knows the real story. All we know is that Lynch wasn't getting what he wanted, and this series, as it has aired so far, is perfectly in line with Lynch's pacing. All we know from the get-go is that he had complete creative…

I believe this is a totally untrue rumor, and it makes no sense. Showtime knew what they were getting themselves into with a Lynch-directed revival of Twin Peaks, and Lynch is not one to be strong-armed (all we know for sure is that he had complete creative control, which doesn't at all gel with the idea that Showtime…