I wouldn't argue it was his best in a lot of ways however in terms of more technical filmmaking it is arguably his best. I think that is what the Oscars has always been about really. Awards for bigger films and GBH fits the bill a lot better.

FX's new strategy is amazing. Hiring creative and talented people to write and make a show for you and letting them have creative control because that's what you hired them for. Maybe more of these higher up types will realize that paying less to make quality programming might actually compete with paying millions to…

Ironically because I don't watch live television the only way I come across a show that isn't high profile is if I see it being mentioned (or reviewed) on a site like the AV club. If I hadn't heard about True Detective beforehand I would have immediately dismissed it as another average cop show based on the AV club's…

I don't think I'll ever understand the AV Club's grades how did this and Helix both get a B and Enlisted got an A-? It can't be that shows are rated relative to the quality of the rest of only that series because there are several shows that get consistently poor ratings. I suppose they don't really matter but it just…

I couldn't get past the bad acting and dialogue. I also tend to find that a miscast distractingly good looking female character is a pretty big warning sign of impending shitness. I mean not only is it odd that the genius scientist or world's best hacker is some highly preened 20 year old supermodel but then they have…

Are you thinking of the right episode? It's "Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples". Sounds like you're thinking of "Documentary Filmmaking: Redux".

I believe it was aired on a slightly obscure channel but was dropped. It may have changed. There are plenty of British people that love Community and enough of its humor is both universal enough to not require knowledge of American television and also obscure enough (for example the episode long parody of Synedoche,…

As a Brit I actually find "butts" much funnier than "bum" especially when Tina from Bob's Burgers is worshiping them. "Bum" is too childish and polite really but "butt" has a kind of edge and mythology to it. Butts can be sexy you can kick some butt but it is still a silly word. "Bum" is just silly and kinda…

I doubt anyone can explain the plot to Upstream Color.

Eh, in a process like this diversity is overrated. All that happens then is a list full of the most safe and boring best films of the year because all these different people like different things so all the weird films get put under the bed with only one vote whereas the tediously tasteful prestige films all get a…

I might need to re-watch Computer Chess - I keep seeing it on year end lists but I just found it so boring and it fell on the wrong side of the "realistic" mumblecore acting style for me. The beautiful ending really came out of nowhere because I'd genuinely struggled to consciously pay attention to the chess chatter…

So if you're British or not interested in old cop shows with 100+ episodes this list is kinda useless.

You downgraded it simply because of who wrote it? That's pretty damn weak.

Was her room really that bad? Do American audiences not find it weird when films and shows keep calling relatively spacious and adequate living spaces "shitholes"?

How do I manage to always have the opposite reaction to the AV club? They give As to episodes I think are a bit safe and have weak jokes and then Cs to episodes that I found hilarious.