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Some of my film connoisseur friends may mock me on this one, but you have to admit - the Criterion Collection generally knows what they're doing when they go about picking movies (granted - I definitely raised my eyebrows in disappointment at the hasty Criterion edition of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button). Now with nearly 500 movies there's ( Read more... )

Let's call it my summer of becoming more well-rounded. Last summer I briefly (i.e. flipping through a book) toyed with the idea of reading the entire Very Short Introduction series, but I didn't. However, in my desire to read and negotiate more nonfiction is there a better place to start? (Yes, that's rhetorical!) Here is the list of currently ( Read more... )

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Alex:  how do you multiply radicals

Me:  Hold an anarchist convention?

I have no humor in my life. I need some comedic film recommendations to compiement my foreign drama, drama, and horror.