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I have been thinking about closing this blog, in favor of a new one over at Tumblr. So, here is your notice. Head over here and bookmark...

I feel a deep loyalty to Michael Apted's wonderful documentary Series, now in it's 8th installment. I still remark on how old, c...

Go over to KCRW and listen to Elvis Mitchell's interview with David O. Russell, who's on the award circuit for The Silver Linings P...

From the Cold open to the closing Simply Having a Wonderful Christmastime, a really strong episode, reminding us what a variety show looks l...

1. See a movie. This one looks good 2. Go hiking, ideally in the Marin Headlands. 3. Cook some food.

Via Warren Dotz, reprinted here mostly because Milton Glaser has such a funky web site : Ten Things I Have Learned Part of an AIGA Talk in...

High fives on market st , originally uploaded by docpop .

In a night with races not nearly as close as most people expected, it was Karl Rove's temper tantrum on Fox News that will be most memor...

As my friends know, I pretty much view the film landscape through the prism of New York Times movie critics. I chuckle as cynically made Hol...

Who says media titans are impotent? First a cover that encapsulates the week better than anyone else.... Then a surpris...