That comment was over the top.

1917 - Superbly crafted and well acted. But for all the emotional highs and lows felt in the moment, little about this film resonates after viewing. In other words, it’s Sam Mendes’ best work and will likely win the Oscar for Best Picture.

We’ve all been there.

Although it’s nonfiction, I enjoyed A Moveable Feast. A fairly lighthearted chronicle of the ‘20s Paris-expat-cafe scene. Perhaps Hemingway’s least earnest-pretentious book.

+ “...college-age males”

From one who likes Donna Tartt’s The Secret History and films like Rushmore, I was very glad to see A Separate Peace on this list. Precious nonsense.

It’s an excellent film. In the meantime, I think I avoided Fosse/Verdon only because I only wanted to see only Roy Scheider and Leland Palmer play those (slightly fictionalized) roles. I’ll check it out.

Wait until next month when -I hope - Tom talks about the impact of Apocalypse Now and/or All That Jazz in relation to Kramer vs. Kramer.

If it’s any consolation, Woodstock alum Keith Moon of the Who was a big Sha Na Na fan and would emcee some of their concerts - in drag.

Our family enjoyed 3 perennial pop-culture traditions during New Years:

I think John Milius wrote that monologue. Given his passion/fetish for military history and lore I’d be shocked if his account wasn’t thoroughly researched.

Three letters: DSV.

How would you convince Josh Brolin to give perineum sunning another chance?

General Inzanity -Zentipede

And I wouldn’t. Oddly, when the book was released 6 years ago there was a lot of positive anticipation from critics and fans, including a few I worked with. Most were either unaware of the offensive/divisive remarks Moz was already making or just ignoring them. Some like me thought Morrissey might use the book as a…

Yeah; I was surprised at the dour tone. Pete also seemed to pine over past or unfulfilled romances a little too much. Not as self-pitying or angry as Morrissey’s book, though.

I appreciate the perspective. Thanks.

My impression is that Pete’s grief and love of Keith is genuine, but it’s laced with a lot of guilt and resentment. Understandable but unwarranted guilt over Keith’s death. Resentment that he can never really move on, given that we continue to talk about Keith and want Pete to tell us more about him.

Great story. Thank you for sharing. I really enjoyed Roger’s autobiography - more than Pete’s to be honest. He seems pragmatic. self-aware and loathe to live inside his head which is refreshing. Not happy about his support for Brexit, but I like to think that has more to do with his fisheries business than any…

The number of albums released after Keith’s death. Or the number of redundant compilations released after John’s. Actually I tried to edit but, you know, Kinja.