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No, once again I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth. I’ve just been preoccupied with this persistent and sometimes worsening problem with my head to which I’ve already alluded more than I would like. It’s been a bad week, and tomorrow morning I’m off to the Bay Area for my youngest brother’s BarContinue reading “THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL FROM MY LIVING ROOM”

I don’t want to say I half-assed this week’s movies post at Gothamist because I didn’t. Or at least, not exactly. But I did get to it late, and I did have to relatively quickly piece it together, and most importantly, I’m sure I’m missing something interesting, especially among the smaller indie new releases whichContinue reading “THE WEEKEND IN PREVIEW: YES, I CONTINUE TO BLAME IT ALL ON MY HEAD”

I’m trying really hard to get back in the swing of things, but I decided I didn’t want to post here every day about why I’m not posting, and I haven’t had the patience to post anything interesting. I don’t know how many (if any) of you out there have suffered from migraines or tensionContinue reading “OK, SO HERE’S THE DEAL …”

So I’ve managed to already break all my New Year’s resolutions, but it’s not really my fault. For example, one resolution was that I was going to make sure to post *something* here every day (well, weekday) without fail. Yet where have I been since Monday Jan. 2, you ask? Simply put, in agony. AboutContinue reading “THE WEEKEND IN PREVIEW: HOPING MY HEAD LETS ME GET SOMETHING DONE”

Tomorrow I plan to discuss what I considered the best TV series of 2005, but anybody reading this blog for any length of time will already know that my undisputed number one is Arrested Development. Hands-down, it’s the most interesting, creative, well-written show in a long time. Oh yeah … and it’s also funny asContinue reading “THE LAST OF THE BEST? (WHAT SHOULD REALLY HAPPEN TO ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT)”

In a post yesterday on his Esoteric Rabbit Blog, Matthew Clayfield described himself as an “Addict” having “watched 529 films in 2005 (that’s features and shorts, including repeat viewings, but not student films), 156 episodes of television (113 of them Buffy episodes).” 529 films?!? That blows me out of the water, although my count doesn’tContinue reading “WELCOME 2006: A QUICK LOOK BACK AT 2005 (PART I)”

I sit here today in my still not completely organized “new” bedroom with a sudden reemergence of the migraine-like tension headaches that afflicted me a couple years ago before (I thought) going away for good. 2005 might have been an overall good year for the movies, and it even started as a good year forContinue reading “GOODBYE 2005 … AND GOOD RIDDANCE”

Back in July, I revealed what I called “Reason #437” for my being a big dork. It had to do with not saying hello to Paul Scheer after unintentionally walking behind him for several blocks after we both left a performance of Glengarry Glen Ross on Broadway. Well, I’m sure that there have been atContinue reading “REASON #681 THAT I’M A BIG DORK: NOT ATTEMPTING TO SAY HI TO SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE A LONG-LOST FRIEND ON THE STREET, FOR ABSOLUTELY NO GOOD REASON”

My weekly “Weekend Movies” post is up at Gothamist. I’m quite tempted to get tot he IFC Center for their Fassbinder “BRD Trilogy” marathon on Sunday, but that also means making it to the Village by Noon on New Year’s Day and sitting through more than six hours of Fassbinder. I’m not so sure IContinue reading “THE WEEKEND IN PREVIEW: A SUNDAY AT THE IFC CENTER?”

My good friend The Reeler (how’s that for hyperbole? I believe we’ve met thrice, but isn’t that how one’s supposed to mention such a blogleague?) has posted the first half of his inaugural entry in a year-end Top 10 list of Top 10 lists, and so far it’s the best criticism of criticism I’ve readContinue reading “GENIUS, PURE GENIUS: THE ONLY TOP 10 YOU PROBABLY NEED (NO, IT’S STILL NOT MINE)”