This new one by Jia Zhang-ke sounds like a really bizarre and exciting change of pace. It's hard to believe the censors in China let him get away with all that bloodshed.

Sorry, but the correct answer is Small Soldiers.

Also acceptable: Escape from New York

In fairness, Sean preempted us by dropping an Airheads reference in the article.

I'm in the same boat as Todd - I've wanted to get into this show for a while, but I've tried to watch the first season multiple times, and somehow it never "takes." I need to just push through and make it happen.

Yeah, I was going to nominate Fawlty Towers - two seasons over 4 years.

I agree with @avclub-33807fbc68d335db8080d3c10cb78822:disqus , but the way they handled Michael was consistent with the relentlessly mawkish tone of the finale (everyone gets what they always wanted!), so I guess it made sense.

@avclub-4f18f486a356810b3ef8008243bcba7a:disqus In fairness, I did rent A Spearation from a Redbox. Not that they would still have it now, of course.

@avclub-f121d09285898f1c66d66f1e6f0455a6:disqus I think WaH works pretty well, though it took me a couple viewings to come around to it completely. I absolutely agree with you and @avclub-863659a6cafeb92ebc045c196b94d238:disqus that Lynch is not just "putting his twisted spin" on various genres. That's not how his…

This is awesome news. It sounds like a tv series version of this article.

The Goode Family was bad, but it did have a quality joke I pulled out consistently in law school: "You know he's a good lawyer, his phone number's all eights. That ain't random!"

I've only seen Swimming Pool and 8 Women, and, while Swimming Pool is reasonably engaging, I don't think either of them is that interesting or essential.

Getting booed at Cannes is a rite of passage. BAM has been doing a pretty cool retrospective of movies that were booed at Cannes.

I can do an impression of you. Gamble gamble gamble gamble dieeeeee.

Wild at Heart is Lynch's deepest dive into Americana — Elvis, westerns, motels, the open road, The Wizard of Oz. Despite what a lot of people seem to think, Lynch unironically loves these things.

David Mamet's version of The Winslow Boy is a pretty good example. I'd also throw in Fellini's Amarcord and maybe Bergman's version of The Magic Flute.

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Do you really think Baumbach is pandering here? Is there really a lot of mumblecore scrilla out there waiting to be had?

There doesn't need to be a reason, but Baumbach gives a reason in an interview posted to this very site!

Not Frances ha ha, Frances queer.