I’m the first to admit his work has work has declined in the latter decades, but Brutal Youth is considered one of his best. Sugarcane & National Ransom are good if you like Americana.

Of course. Because the best and most profitable movies are always the ones that “test” well.

“Facebook stalking for spank bank purposes is fine—we all do it”

True. How can you write a song about your whiny middle-class breakup when there is genocide in Ethiopia? 

If you think Drunk Girls sounds Weather Channelesque, you have bad ears.

I agree entirely. Nobody should be writing novel-length ca...... Hey! That’s not even the length of one page. Not a novel!

I’m not giving up on the time-travel sub-plot.

Maybe it’s better to ask people to stop before punching them.

I’m no Brad Pitt, so perhaps I’ve managed to avoid many unwanted advances, but they’ve still occurred occasionally. They’ve included a grope on the arse at work, being grabbed and smooched on a dancefloor, to having a woman get way too far into my personal space at a concert. My responses have ranged from very mild…

I enjoyed some of them and others left me cold, but the inevitable deluge in the comments made me want to defend them like a work of genius.

I’d be happy if they did. I’m not defending Allen, just weary of the lack of effort put into these articles of late.

So I guess every Woody Allen movie will now just produce a string of “how could they work with Allen?” articles. I guess it could be interesting if it was nuanced, but it never is.

It’s known as the Jimprovement.

Why would you post an opinion if you didn’t care what anyone thought of it? We’re all clutching at something in this cold void.

Jesus Christ, woman. Run and don’t look back. What a prick.

There were a number of complaints in the Mindhunter reviews that while a song had already been released, it was unlikely that the character would have heard it.

I like many things about Australian Survivor, but I feel the host reveals too much information at the tribal council.

Love Jaime, but prefer Gilbert.

Is an Anal Sex Event any different from, you know, just having anal sex?

“who but an abusive parent would behave this way toward their child’s partner?”