The A.V. Club, once the source for some of the best, most influential film writing of the new millennium and now lost to the same “pivot to video and listicles” nonsense plaguing other pop culture websites, recently ran a list of critically acclaimed directors’ worst films. Besides the fact that it’s lazy (The Happening as M. Night Shyamalan’s worst movie), unfair (Piranha II as James Cameron’s worst movie when it’s his first movie), and just plain wrong (Hook as Spielberg’s worst when prints of 1941 exist), it makes the very disheartening, tiresome argument that Robert Altman’s Popeye is a bad movie.
Earlier I gave you the teaser. Now we dive into the winners. Here are October’s most noteworthy missteps. Avoid the following behavior if you want to lead a prosperous, headline-free life. DUMB — The Shirtless CEO Tony Fernandes has been called “Malaysia’s answer to
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Eddie’s List: San Francisco Bay Area Events This Week
By Eddie Hernandez
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The Harvard academic Elisa New is host of the much acclaimed PBS series POETRY IN AMERICA. Now in Season Four, the show has featured conversations about American poetry with Joe Biden, Herbie Hancock, Gloria Estefan, Shaquille O’Neal, Bill Clinton and Al Gore. While America isn’t normally considered a poetic nation, New’s show has brought poetry into the homes of millions of Americans. So when I caught up with New, I asked her whether there was such a thing as an American poem and what it is about America that inspires memorable poetry.
In his heartfelt tribute to Elizabeth Taylor on TCM, Paul Newman called her a “functioning voluptuary”. He meant this as the highest praise for his Cat on a Hot Tin Roof co-star. It’s such a striking phrase, and strangely apt. It’s one of those comments that made me think deeper about someone I already loved and admired.
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