Yeah, this is the only definition I've ever heard of it. Maybe it's a regional thing? Along the lines of Soda vs. Pop vs. Coke?

I generally like Van Sant and I like the idea of this movie, but it just didn't work for me either.

I think we're all just afraid to say Paul W.S. Anderson.

I drink it with my butt, Bear Grylls style.

That's that band Ian Gillan sang for after Deep Purple, right?

I liked it too. The first third of the movie is definitely the best, but I actually liked the last act too. I thought the painful awkwardness of the two teenaged characters was pretty accurate - especially for characters that were supposed to be outsiders. Always good to see high school characters that aren't…

Yep, exactly. Didn't he also "suspend" his campaign for no discernable reason at some point? Lots of gimics and none of them good.

Yeah, I hate to say it but a part of me is jealous that she's found such a lazy way to make money. I mean, I'll go whole weeks without being able to make it to the AV Club when things pick up around here.

It's up there for me too, and definitely my most memorable film-going experience in a long time. Where I live there's only one theater that will show relatively non-commercial movies and I saw it in a theater that had literally three other people in it. I sat in that perfect spot where you can see all of the screen…

Wait, was MRA Cookie Monster that Chris guy again? I feel like I genuinely missed out on something here.

It's almost as though people just toss out allegations of "Nazi" without taking the time to understand the actual ideological underpinnings of the NSDAP or the historical context under which the party was able to assume control of the German State.

Ancient Incest Purple, the most controversial of the new crayola colors.

To my mind he's made two great movies and a number of other serviceably good ones. So not a Hall of Famer, but a solid rotation guy.

Persepolis is one of the few that I have read, but I am not familiar with either of the other two you folks mention here. The strongly divided opinion actually makes Blankets sound more appealing to me…

Share it! Share it! I've read a bit more graphic novels (like, a half-dozen) but I'm A) Always curious for more and B) Particularly curious for personal recommendations, since graphic novels tend to be a little pricey.

Love this, so much. Perfect takedown of those terrible, over-simple "This because of THIS" style op-ed pieces. Help yourself to the David Brooks Applebee's salad bar, on me.

*Dashes off to water cooler*

I've been trying to get my co-workers into talking about the status Joel Embiid's back, but so far they haven't gone for it.

A lot of reasonable back-and-forth on this. I'll just throw in my two cents on this and say that I agree with you. I'd kind of viewed the series as a (really good, really complicated) closed system and this resurrection combined with Zombmountain (which I think was taking place around the same time or shortly later in…

That books sounds right up my alley. Do you remember the title/author?