"Death by train is a particularly declaratory form of killing oneself. It makes the act a form of theater..."

Very common in Britain, for some reason: In the past months in Britain, there has been a sort of low-humming cultural unease about suicides ...

Simulblogging the Oscars!

I've got to get home first. The flight to Madison is boarding, so let me get going. Start without me! ADDED #1: Hey, I made it home. No ...

Robert Altman.

R.I.P. He often took on Hollywood genres with a revisionist's eye, de-romanticizing the Western hero in 1971's "McCabe and Mrs....

Simulblogging the Oscars.

7 (Central Time). A slow-moving intro for Jon Stewart, showing Oscar hosts of the past declining to re-host. We see Billy Crystal and Chris ...

"Nashville" -- the Robert Altman movie.

For some reason, I never saw this incredibly highly praised movie when it came out. This was odd, since it was back in the days when I went...