How I wish more people knew this.
Speaking of which, perhaps, what’s up with Kinja’s star numerator?

I mean I’m a composer and I have a phd in music theory so the only fun I have in life is these types of rejoinders: “not particularly skillful” is not a particularly accurate assessment of McCartney’s musicianship from Revolver on. I get how people think he’s dorky, but even Lennon said he was a melodic genius (“he’s…

With all respect (phd in music theory here, which accounts for my lavish lifestyle), it was I Want To Hold Your Hand’s unprepared-for, rapid-fire about-faces from dangerously long conventional stretches (in the context of the songwriting strategy) to sudden musical departures (which were actually hinted at in…

OMG — It’s far worse. Look at our President! Harvey Weinstein is a pussycat compared to those guys. Had he gone into finance, his behavior would be considered that of a sensitive, artistic, troubled soul. In fact, some would regard him as a man who loved women “too much.” I knew a guy at one of the big banks whose…

The overlap of the accused and the art world (film, TV, lit, media, journalism) is worrisome. It’s partly Weinsteincreepcreep, but it’s also circumstantial configuration. Having worked in the arts and on Wall Street, I can tell you that a “shitty banking men” list would put its media analogue to shame (and I am not…

The hatred of 4 goes too far: you and blpppt are right. And I, with Evan G, can’t stand the racism of Temple of Doom — nor, come to think of it, much else, besides the Cole Porter intro, one of SS’s dazzling set pieces (racism there, too, notwithstanding).

One aspect of Spielberg and Lucas that gets lost in their late…

I wasn’t ranting. I love Ford, as Welles did, and I will always take an opportunity to advance How Green because it’s unjustly forgotten. Have you seen it? The production design alone is amazing.

Crash is a terrible film; I’m not defending Crash. I’m as frustrated with the Oscars too, but there’s something compelling…

? — Welles and Mankiewicz won Best Screenplay, and Kane was nominated for nine Oscars. How Green Was My Valley won Best Picture and is an astounding film by Welles’s own great hero, John Ford. (He thought Ford was the most gifted American director, and Renoir the greatest director in the world.)

1941 was one of the…

? — Welles and Mankiewicz won Best Screenplay, and Kane was nominated for nine Oscars. How Green Was My Valley won Best Picture and is an astounding film by Welles’s own great hero, John Ford. (He thought Ford was the most gifted American director, and Renoir the greatest director in the world.)

1941 was one of the…

a ruthless, cold-hearted efficiency

Penisfaith is one of the least defensible (and most incorrigible) faiths.

Wow, I wasn’t sure you’d get that. (Apologies if necessary — it’s online so you never know)

The Wanger’s a wannabe Lang. Whatever talent there is (and honestly there is/was something there, although let’s call it what it is: a chef’s challenge at H&M) was burnt out by social media; I think he’s one of the first and…

For me, he’s always been the awesome basic layering pieces guy pretending to be the downtown art girls designer speaking as a downtown art girls designer’s idea of an awesome, basic layering pieces guy.

I thought the third one was okay

That’s right. Trump was the choice of uneducated men and white women.

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And their favorite Stones album is Exile

I admire her work too. In truth, as a person, in real life, it’s hard to find somebody worse. She’s brutally ruthless. I’ve seen her take it out on a personal assistant, at a teller at the airport, and she’s got a terrible reputation in the industry. Nothing against her work, but it goes to show how tricky…

Those are amazing films. My favorite is Le Rayon vert.

Because it’s too destructive. I figured they’re like nukes: in the fictional galaxy, it’s so obvious a choice and so calamitous a weapon it would have incurred a tacit ban.

Holdo’s employment thereby aligns with what nobody wants to talk about, the film’s profoundly reactionary worldview. The hegemonic status quo is so…