The Most Beautiful Fraud: “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night”

A problem I’ve always had with Iranian cinema, from Abbas Kiarostami to Asghar Farhadi, is that its films tend to be…how can I put this?  They’re a bit deliberate.   A bit studied.  A bit slowly paced.  A bit…boring. This may seem like blasphemy, especially coming from someone who values …

Stock in Trade

From ZedCo, makers of such fine online entertainment products as Rotisserie League War Crimes Tribunal™ and FoodWasters Extravaganza™, comes the kind of experience that can not only transform the way we play games online, but the way we live.  StockBlock™ is the new gaming system that allows everyone to take …

Kiss That Thought Goodbye

About a month ago, IFC — not exactly a broadcast powerhouse, but the home of some appealingly quirky programming including David Cross’ sporadically brilliant The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret — announced that it would not be renewing Garfunkel and Oates for a second season. This came as a shock to …