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Matt Schimkowitz
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Matt Schimkowitz is a staff writer and the little-stinker-in-residence at The A.V. Club. Formerly a senior editor at KnowYourMeme, he has appeared on IndieWire, Vulture, and in your worst nightmares.

Take it up with Jean and Reiss. Brooks gave the assignment, developed the idea with them, and suggested Jon Lovitz for the lead
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In the first trailer, Harvey Keitel is billed over both Clooney and Tarantino. Neither were proven movie stars, and Rodriguez was just coming off Desperado—not so different from the Radio Silence guys coming off two pretty massive Scream movies. The movie is pitched as a vampire movie starring two crooks, but the Read more

That’s generally been the Film Foundation’s MO. Restore the films and make them available to festivals, museums, educators, etc. Many of the films restored have been re-released by numerous imprints, such as Criterion, which also does box sets of Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project. I assume licensing titles helps Read more

While we haven’t announced anything just yet, we’re still in the process of transferring stuff over. Hopefully, fingers crossed, we’ll have some news about the commenting system soon. It’s all above my pay grade, but expect some major changes in the coming weeks/months.
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This is essentially why his age is slight problem. But Scott is simply too good to get that mad about it.
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I really wasn’t enjoying Ripley’s Game until that train car bathroom scene. The complications piling up. An exhausted Ripley taking one after another, allowing himself the slightest bit of delight as they did. It really captured the grim humor and silliness that I love in Highsmith After that, it just clicked for me. Read more

Frankly, I think Lucille’s a little nicer than most. But between “the man inside of me” and “anustart,” I don’t think the show’s jokes about LGBTQ people have been 100% successful. Just me.
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I didn’t think it was necessarily the time to dive into the show’s treatment of LGBTQ+ people, which relies heavily on stereotypes and slurs (See: Shémale)—even Michael’s joke about hairdressers is a bit reductive. I think it’s fair to say that not all of the show’s humor is as precise as we’d like.
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On second thought, the thought where I remembered this happened, you’re right
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I did find the family tree a little confusing. The show was a little hasty in laying it all out. Noted and corrected!
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John Gloria, the actor who played Barry’s dad in episode two. Sorry for the confusion!
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I’ve been to Musso & Frank. It rocks! The bartender regaled us with legends of Steve McQueen getting tossed from the place. Great martini to boot.
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