I'm sure he has. That's totally his beat. But I actually got it from Dan Froomkin.

Jonathan Rosenbaum liked it quite a bit, too.
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Aw, I kinda liked it. I'm sure Lloyd is completely right about it, but as a bit of Wellesiana I found it pretty likable and entertaining.

Wait, so it was shot from the POV of the comedian as he did his act?

Ooh, that would be amazing! Especially for me, since I live blocks away from there! Definitely a more comfortable environment to spend 13 hours in than NGA's auditorium.

Where was Here?

For what it's worth, Tim Burton didn't direct this one. The guy who directed the recent Muppet movies did.

So much CGI. So, so grey. Awful, post-processed 3D. Quite possibly the ugliest movie of the last decade.

I remember removing Conspiracy Theory Rock being kind of a big deal to me at the time, an clear-cut case of corporate censorship.

Whoa, did you go to the Apu Trilogy marathon at Montgomery College in Rockville? If so, I was there, too!

Thanks for clearing that up.

Dammit, DC! Get on this! Knowing this city, we'll probably get a screening at NGA a year from now. We still haven't gotten The Forbidden Room!

I'm hoping it comes to Fandor, too. They get a lot of the Carlotta releases, and, considering the blu-ray costs as much as a year-long subscription, I'm hoping to save a little cash.

This guy sounds cool. I want to hang out with him.

It was really good! I actually leaned pretty heavily on the Rotten Library's entry on Charles Lindbergh for an op-ed I wrote for my high school newspaper arguing that our school (Lindbergh High School) should change its name.

I was big fan of Weekend Web (which apparently they're still doing?!). Fond memories of scrolling through 8 pages worth of Fox Tales Times posts.

For me, this brought back memories of Rotten.com's weirdly extensive and detailed biography of Richard Scarry. Ah, the early days of surprisingly well-written articles on websites best known for posting Tub Girl.

If you liked The Big Red One, you'd surely like The Steel Helmet. Gene Evans is cigar-chomping awesomeness in that one. Shock Corridor is my favorite of the ones I've seen just because it tackles racism and other social issues in such a weird, crazy way. Pickup on South Street is also fantastic, one of the great noirs.

I found it a bit hard to get into this one—something about Fuller's uneasy mix of dewy-eyed sentimentalism and tough-guy grit. But what has stuck with me is Fuller's very tactile sense of freedom of the press. The power of the press is specifically linked to the physical printing press, and the innovation of Linotype…

Yes, it's been a long time. No idea why I decided to break my silence now, but I'm glad it was to register an opinion on the origins of rap-metal.