eat my Oscar shorts

How to see Oscar-nominated shorts… if you’re in NYC or LA.

my Boskone schedule

The movie-related stuff (and other cool things) I’ll be talking about in Boston this weekend…

still tweaking…

Still futzing with the new design. At the request of several readers, I’ve broken out the “recent reviews” listings (which are in the righthand column immediately below the Bias Meter) into “recent theatrical reviews” and “recent dvd reviews.” (Other recent non-review postings remain below those.) I hope this helps those of you who felt that … more…

Significant Others: The Complete Series (review)

So few married people genuinely seem to enjoy marriage… and these four couples are not among them. This faux reality series combines the worst of reality TV with the worst of fictional shows: while pretending to offer a “real” look at the interpersonal trials and tribulations of “actual” couples, including “therapy sessions” in which they … more…

The Best of the Electric Company (review)

Oh my god, I can’t believe how much of this stuff I remember from my very youngest childhood: the silhouettes pronouncing syllables that come together to form whole words! the tiny scuba guy swimming in alphabet soup looking for letters! the adventures of Letterman and his archenemy, who takes a T from “train” to make … more…

Vital (review)

Beautiful and disturbing, this Asian horror art film explores the intersection between madness and grief with a serene calm that belies the psychological turmoil under its silken surface. After a traumatic accident in which he loses his memory, a young man (Tadanobu Asano) becomes obsessed with a notebook full of sketches of a cadaver dissection, … more…

Imagine Me and You (review)

You’ve seen this before — it’s your standard “girl falls in love with someone else on her wedding day” romantic comedy. But here’s the twist: the someone else is another girl! Insufferably cutesy, this twee British flick acts like it invented lesbianism — Isn’t it adorable how women can be gay, too? — and pats … more…

stuck in a chronic hysteresis

My regular monthly article is up in the new issue of the Internet Review of Science Fiction… this one’s about movies that bend concepts of time.