The actual DP was Joseph V. Mascelli, who wrote the famous handbook The Five C's of Cinematography, still in use today. Fascinating that Mascelli's book would be so influential when his own film output was limited to half a dozen grade-Z movies.

No, financiers put up money and thus they often get an "Executive Producer" credit, which is like a vanity license plate.

AV Club mods, please delete Flag On the Moon's comment as it violates the Fifth Commandment.

That photo alone makes it a must-not-see.

I loved You Can Count on Me, but I seem to be the only person on the planet who found Margaret to be a dud. I felt that Anna Paquin was woefully miscast and that Lonergan's only point was that teenagers are self-absorbed and terrible and just need to get over themselves. What am I missing here? Someone please tell me,…

Por mi parte, la bienvenida a nuestros nuevos jefes supremos mexicanos.

She was a little more physically attractive in 2008. I honestly think it comes down to that.

No love for Harriet Wheeler from The Sundays? What's wrong with you people?

and hologram Pete Seeger

I read this whole thread and now my burgermeister is moribund.

She's also in Venus if you want to see her with no clothes on.

The gay subtext of their relationship seemed pretty clear to me: note how Joe gets ultra-defensive when Brenda Vaccaro teases that he's gay (in Scribbage!) when he can't get it up with her. I think Joe's response was not meant to suggest his homophobia so much as an indication that deep down he knew what he really…

If one is going to count Silence of the Lambs as a queer-themed Best Picture Oscar winner, then one may as well count American Beauty.

To date, a queer-themed movie has still never won Best Picture

It's the difference between a capable journalist engaging you in a thoughtful discussion about your craft vs. an insincere Entertainment Tonight nitwit whose only purpose is to glean a few usable soundbites from your 10-minute press junket interview for the next evening's program.

I always had to turn the brightness down to zero on the TV when MTV played that video in 1981. I was just a wee tot, and Bowie's scary painted/deformed face freaked the hell out of me.

John Francis Daley?

"Italians" must be your secret code word for "non-Italian tourists".

If you really want to see something that will knock your socks off, watch Murder on a Sunday Morning.

No, it's cool - I wasn't trying to convince you to like it or to even think it's a good movie. Shit, I only saw it once, it's not like it's my favorite film.