I’m not sure what being “old” or “European” has got to do with anything. Venice was founded in 1932, Cannes in ‘46, Berlin in ‘51 - all of which are younger than the Academy Awards, where, as anybody paying attention this year could tell you, there’s nearly as much trepidation and “controversy” about the inclusion of…

I feel like your observations apply to S2 more than S3. I liked S2 all right, but parts felt like separating the group just to separate them - I liked the way that ended up cementing new group dynamics, but didn’t always enjoy the “journey.” But 3 seemed to mix the best of both seasons, at least in my viewing. Some of…

It’s not like she’s Robin Hood. She wanted to be them.

Very happy to hear this - this film has been poorly served by DVD/Bluray in the past and, in addition to its intricate plot and fantastic performances, it’s a visually stunning film. Gordon Willis was doing things in American cinema in the early ‘70s that entirely changed the way Hollywood film would look for decades…

Yup, Schwimmer gave it his all for 10 years - great physical comedy (they’re all great at physical comedy) and happy to be the butt of the joke whenever it was called for.

It’s always been silly, but I think it was better balanced in the past between the silly and the thoughtful - and it was a bit (a bit!) easier to navigate so that finding the thoughtful was also easier.

The earliest role I remember him from is One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. But in addition to all his great acting credits, he’s directed a handful of fantastic films, run a highly influential film production company, and he’s got lots of friends in high places. Plus he’s funny as hell.

But you know what the ‘80s didn’t have? Red M & Ms (and they’re usually so good with the details on this show).

The Addams Family pinball machine is pretty fantastic.

Unfair, maybe, but also a really pointed hot take . . . circa Kill Bill: Volume 1.

I’m not sure why in played in my town - I have a vague memory it was late in its run and the cinema was trying to capitalise on the “controversy” (thus my foggy recollection of Donahue). But yeah, same thing, totally blown away after. My date and I drove around talking about it for hours. I think it probably got me…

Thanks for this fantastic article. I was 18 that summer - just out of high school, small town boy. Most of my exposure to hip hop was radio and MTV. I went to see Do the Right Thing with my high school girlfriend, not knowing much about it (was there a Donahue episode about it?). Anyway, as soon as the song kicked in…

If we’re being pedantic, punctuation isn’t grammar.

I had a friend who loved 50s/60s Italian films (he’s Italian), and used to show me a lot of them. A lot of the films are dubbed - even when originally shot with Italian actors. But also it allowed Italian filmmakers to cast French and other non-Italian actors. And of course, Italy’s one of the countries that vastly…

When Romance Met Comedy has been a great series - thoughtful writing and a pretty good comments section on most entries.

You asked a question, I tried to answer. I don’t think I was doing any foot-stamping, but whatevs.

No, Google’s Could service is a VR experience that let’s users enter a world where Google circa 2000 was never subject to the vagaries and demands of late-industrial capitalism and so grew into the kind, caring, human-valuing company it once purported to be.

I also don’t give af about cars, but I slipped into Rush last year sometime (with Thor and the bad guy from Civil War), and it was kind of great. Plus, don’t know if I’m strange, but I happen to know a ton of women who love F1 and other fast-car related pursuits. (Having said all that, neither Damon nor Bale are Thor,…

Like I said, it’s been a combination of factors. The move to kinja prompted a lot of the old community to leave (for various reasons, which, as triohead points out, were specifically kinja-related). We know this because over the first several weeks of the change-over, plenty of them posted messages along the lines of,…