Everybody's a Critic (and They're All on Letterboxd)
- Scott Westminster Black is too hard on himself. Read the capsules before he axes them like Gordon Lish after three glasses of cognac.
- There are ER doctors in Chicago who have seen less gore and carnage than Steve Carlson.
- Can we start an OnlyFans for Mike D'Angelo? He doesn't even have to sell Film Nerd Bathwater. It can just be him screaming into a webcam for two hours about Bunny Lake Is Missing.
- I had a dream once where Eric Henderson helped me escape a horde of zombies in Minneapolis. And by zombies I mean psychopathic cops who should be in jail forever.
- Odie Henderson and I once had a three hour discussion about Billy Wilder (this is true). This was before he downed that bowl of chocolate soup (this is also true).
- Someone has dutifully retyped many of Pauline Kael's reviews. I'm still not sure it's legal to do this, but I appreciate the effort.
- Mr. Theo Panayides wants to give up writing to sit on the beach and stare at whales. If this happens I will chain myself to a wall and go on a hunger strike. (Just make sure there's plenty of coffee and cigarettes nearby.)
- Jonathan Rosenbaum recently called ice cream, stuffed animals and platonic love over-rated.
- Armond White can allegedly be seen getting kicked out of big ticket events ... and kicking old people in the chest.
Actors, Actresses, Filmmakers, Icons
- 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. Or Hillary. Or Biden.
- Werner Herzog, one of the great conceptual filmmakers, gets shot at often.
- David Lynch is also a meteorologist.
- Ian McKellen adds class to basically everything. He's also a convincing vampire.
- Michael Moore's intentions are good.
- Keith Richards is a secret history buff, like all great-great-great-grandfathers.
- Hans-Jürgen Syberberg according to Hans-Jürgen Syberberg.
- The ghosts of Les Blank and Chris Marker present to you the work of, um, John Wilson. So ... yeah.
Other Places of Note
- The Internet Movie Database is sometimes wrong.
- The Movie Review Query Engine has me on the Guest List.
- Turner Classic Movies no longer links to my reviews (which is smart).
- Rotten Tomatoes says I'm not Tomato-Meter Approved (which makes sense).
- 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.