The gunshot ruins the movie for me. I enjoy a lot of the moive: Keaton and Norton's performances, the cinematography and invisible editing conceit, peroxide Emma Stone. The screenplay thinks it's more profound than it is, but at least it's funny and at times even moving. But that gunshot so sours the movie that I'm…

Oh, I wasn't saying that BoaN or Griffith aren't disgustingly racist. Just that Griffith didn't think of himself as racist because his views weren't as violent as others, and so was shocked when (accurately) accused of it.

It isn't just the problem of racism. Intolerance has long been the go-to choice for cinephiles (as IV points out in the article), but BoaN is better known among the public because of its historical significance and its infamy. The later film is not only less racist, but also just as huge a technical achievement as…

Yeah, I saw this tour in New Orleans, and was completely underwhelmed by Titus Andronicus. The lyrics were completely drowned out by loud, mushy guitars. I don't know if it was the acoustics of the place or just their performance, but I ended up ignoring them for years despite good press. It wasn't until I finally…

Well, from the modern view Griffith is completely racist, but at the time he could think of himself as relatively progressive because he didn't think black people were inherently lesser beings, just that slavery/poverty/ignorance had left them ill-prepared for responsibility/governance compared to white people.

"If it may be said of the slavery era that the white man took the world and gave the Negro Jesus, then it may be said of the Reconstruction era that the southern aristocracy took the world and gave the poor white man Jim Crow. He gave him Jim Crow. And when his wrinkled stomach cried out for the food that his empty…

He seems to have been deeply, deeply paternalistic. According to Lillian Gish, Griffith was deeply hurt by accusations of racism, because he thought black people were great, but also simple, innocent children who had the potential to one day become an equal race but in the meantime needed a firm guiding white hand to…

The thing that looks off for me is that the facial structures seem to be based off Japanese models despite having Caucasian skin tones (unless they're supposed to be biracial?). That makes it look generically Japanese-gamey (like a low-rent Final Fantasy), if not quite anime.

It does like an awful lot like Michael Bay saw Primer and thought it could do with more high school shenanigans and PG-13 sex.

I mean no offense by this, but have you read Jezebel yourself lately? (FYI, I don't.) I tried looking through their archives (which, granted may not be tagged well), and the only thing I found on Cuocogate was this: http://jezebel.com/kendall-… She's given second billing in a summarized link, and the writer is just…

Whoops, I think you're right. I've fallen woefully behind on my Big Bang Theory news alerts.
*laugh track*

It might be because their awful website design bumps them all down to the bottom of the page.

It was covered by The Dissolve on day one.
http://thedissolve.com/feat…
It was liked.

I think you're actually describing straw feminists: http://www.harkavagrant.com…

I like Challengers a lot, but I feel like "Failsafe" through "Entering White Cecilia" is a deadzone in the middle. (And "All the Things that Go to Make Heaven and Earth" isn't the best either.)

I could never understand why people hate her so much either. As dumb and lacking in self-awareness as GOOP is, it doesn't erase the fact that she's a pretty good actress.

I'd argue hard that Saga Frontier 2 is the one Saga game that could be argued as "great." The battle system is still perverse and difficult (attack and break your weapon, which you can never completely fix!), but there are more options for coping (duelling, etc.)

Legend of Mana has some great music all around, and it was a weird eclectic mix (like the game itself). You've got the melancholy into brightly optimistic main theme next to the badass guitar rock of the boss theme "Pain the Universe" https://www.youtube.com/wat…. The sad, sweet "City of Flickering Destruction" https:/…

Hey, AV Club, this absence means you have to bring back Cheers reviews as penance!

Well, that and access to some 700 rare movies without commercials through Criterion.