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Everybody's a Critic
 Kent Beeson is spawning a legion of new film buffs as we speak. I have high hopes for Dashiell (listen to your Uncle Matt, D.B.: dislike everything first and then figure out why later).
Scott Black has some kind of problem with Michael Vick. It could be because of the herpes thing ... or the dog murdering thing. One of those.
'Dread Pirate' Steve Carlson is making a study of trash-as-art and booze-as-art and boobs-as-art. He's becoming a hybrid of Kingsley Amis and Russ Meyer.
Maybe it's just me, but Mike D'Angelo's level of comical grouchiness has increased exponentially the past several years to my ceaseless delight. His Twitter feed is particularly caustic and challenging him does not appear wise.
Roger Ebert reveals glimpses of clarity every once in a while before the Chicago Winds blow through and he's back to being daft.
Steve Erickson, who has a night gig as drummer for the N.Y.-based deathcore band "The Filthy Sneakers," once told me of a dream he had in which seraphim draped him with robes speckled with gold.
Eric Henderson probably knows that the Twin Cities are the Rape Capital of America. I guess there's little else to do when the cold threatens to freeze your bits off.
Dave Kehr is succinct.
I can only hope Mr. Theo Panayides, whenever he's not skipping stones in the Mediterranean or discussing the merits of burnt marshmallow ice cream, is working on his magnum opus. He better write in a role for me as Emaciated Waiter #2.
Matt Prigge needs to start chanting, "Every day in every way I am getting better and better" because I heard that works.
Jonathan Rosenbaum will march in your parade, granted that parade shows respect for women, minorities and the elderly and he's given a 24-hour advance notice. He once wrote for Pravda.
Mr. Armond White collects buffalo nickels.
Spending Spending Spending
Can't find that ultra-rare Region whatever picture from Asia? Have you tried CDJapan? Or eThaiCD? Or Poker Industries? Or YesAsia?
Political correctness and mature cinema got you down? Cinema de Bizarre will put a spell on you.
The Criterion Corporation removed their Myspace page because they got tired of getting hounded by dorks (read: me and my various dupe accounts) to release more Pasolini and Makavejev and Marker. But those bastards listened didn't they?
Diabolik DVD can get pricey, so you might need to start that career in armored car robbery sooner than you thought.
Facets Multimedia must exist forever, because my will commands it.
Few know cult films like the Five Minutes to Live people. Their catalog changes rapidly.
Rising out of the very soil where the SuperHappyFun corpse was laid to rest is a new foul beast: Not Available on DVD. Reliability and perversity are both guaranteed.
Shocking Videos is run by a madman who spends his nights recording DVD-Rs and his days in a nice cozy wooden box.
Vincent Gallo Merchandise! If you can't afford the milk from the cow, getting Chloë to spit up your birth canal might be cheaper.
Actors, Actresses, Writers, Filmmakers
James Dean has yet to go back to the Five & Dime.
Kat Dennings is obsessed with QVC. And bears.
I'm almost certain Vincent Gallo did not vote for Obama.
Werner Herzog, one of the great conceptual filmmakers, gets shot at often.
Anthony LaPaglia needs to do more movies and less investigating of the crimes.
David Lynch is also a meteorologist.
Ian McKellen adds class to trash.
Michael Moore's intentions are good.
Keith Richards plays himself.
Mark Romanek is the one to be blamed for the iPod commercials.
Meryl Streep apparently did porn, but no one's sure. Come on Roeper, pretend you're good for something and find this thing.
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg according to Hans-Jürgen Syberberg.
Other Places of Note
The Internet Movie Database is sometimes wrong.
Listology: the enabler for all of us shameless listmakers. Now under new ownership.
The Movie Review Query Engine has me on the Guest List.
The Muriel Community. Great minds don't have to think alike.
Ron Newcomer is Paparazzo.
Rotten Tomatoes includes me in their festivities.
Synthome Productions. It's a miracle we haven't been arrested ... again.
Ubuweb is the best (and, to my mind, only) avant-garde film collection site named after a play written by a pistol-wielding French dwarf.
© Copyright 2010 Matthew Lotti.
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