Mine no workie (display name I used, gs, is two characters which isn’t allowed). Anyway, I decided to burn the house down and start fresh because this is the internet and it’s all fucking ephemeral. Good luck to the rest of you hooligans.

"But when asked by Ophuls whether he had discussed his own part in the
Third Reich with his children, he replied that he had come up with a
formula to make them understand:

I think Sean O'Neal has it right - it's not what you liked in '97, it's what you might see that says 97 to you. Or, for me, late 90s, which then bled into early 2000s. The things that stick out most are the continued oversaturated look of most pop music videos, the whacky ways we thought technology worked or would…

That makes a lot of sense. I live in LA and knew about the Russian community in WeHo but never really questioned where they came from.

Thanks for the review Ignatiy. I had never heard of her or her books and this sounds right up my alley.

I wonder how many ex-Soviet Army Jews did end up in Israel after the war? It's not like Jewish people had had a great time in Soviet or Imperial Russia and Eastern Europe (and Russians still have weird hang-ups about them, even if benign).

Well, with our recent wars we've gotten the common use of insurgent in the context of the invasion and resistance of US forces in Iraq. Players in that obviously had many different loyalties (Iraq Army, ex-Iraq Army, etc.) but in the US you would never hear of anyone facing down the invading army as "freedom fighters".

Can't find the comment after logging in but someone was asking about Soviet war films. This is probably one of the most brutal war films I've ever seen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wi…

Massive Attack was definitely one of the best. As others are saying, any trip-hop will do.

Was going to say this. I enjoyed Harris at Grantland (RIP) and really enjoyed the book. I didn't know much about Wyler, Stevens, or Capra prior to the book. I would also recommend Huston's memoir, "An Open Book". Completely surprised but hyped that this is a documentary.

I doubted how they could do The Grinder for as many episodes as they did but came to f-ing love the show and was amazed by their ability to keep it fresh. Of recent one-season comedy cancellations, I think Grinder and Trophy Wife are ones that hurt the most. Would've been amazed to see how they would pull off even a…

Well…it could be as dirtside said and he's unfortunately one of those difficult types. A friend's gf had a minor background part on Bones. She and other actors new to set were warned to avert the gaze from Mr Boreanaz. So maybe a little bit diva and above the "genre" stuff of Buffy.

Maybe so. She definitely has more experience. As discussed in that New Yorker profile, but with little detail, it seems that the behind the scenes of the first season of the show would've made as good a drama as the actual show.

In the New Yorker article mentioned elsewhere, there's mention that the network wanted Jeremy back for the second season. The actor didn't seem to get along too well with the showrunner the profile was about or see how he could come back.

Not to mention the day after on CBS.com in HD (sorta)

Zeffirelli's "Romeo and Juliet" ('Whoa, was that a boob?!'), "Strictly Ballroom" (in Spanish class no less), an AP English class w/ a very gruesome 1971 "Macbeth", "400 Blows", and "Becket". What seemed like 1/2 a year of Bill Nye in a 7th grade science class. No complaints here.