• September 25, 2007
• At Home, Documentary

I chose to check out a couple of the selections—songs that at least supposedly changed the world in my conscious memory: Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” and Nirvana’s “Smells Like...

• June 20, 2007
• At Home, Drama, Music, Romance

The two main characters of Once are never named. The “guy” (played by Glen Hansard) is a street busker in Dublin. He is kind of down on his luck,...

• June 25, 2006
• At Home, Documentary, Music

From what I learned from the film, Gram Parsons was a handsome and charming trust-fund baby (from an admittedly fucked-up family), who was lucky enough to pursue music full...

• January 28, 2006
• At Home, Music, Television

From October 1973 to January 1982, Tom Snyder was a late-night icon, coming on after Johnny Carson with his talk show The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder. Since I...

• May 17, 2003
• At Home, Comedy

The team that brought us the dog-show farce Best in Show and the small-town-puts-on-a-musical spoof Waiting for Guffman now turn their mockumentary eye on folk music. Not just folk...

• September 20, 2002
• At Home, Comedy, Drama, Music

Let me just say this: Michael Winterbottom is an extremely cool and creative director that always seems one step from making a great film. I will go see anything...