In Episode #9 of the BPoFD Podcast, Mad About Mad Men, managing editor Carmen Petaccio sits down with filmmaker and screenwriter Taylor “T” Sardoni to discuss Mad Men‘s Season Six premiere. Highlights include in-depth hairstyle analysis for all of […]
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The Strawberry Criterion: Cloud Atlas
In the fraught relationship between film and literature, few events are rarer than a film adaptation that qualitatively surpasses its source material. Now, note the use of “literature” in the preceding sentence, as the bond […]
Recapping: Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 8: I Sing The Meth Electric
This week’s recap of Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 8, “Gliding Over All”, is made possible by proceeds from this photograph of Mitt Romney riding bitch on a jet ski. Foreword: As much as I […]
Recapping: Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 7: Let Me Die
This week’s recap of Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 7, “Say My Name”, is made possible by this: The time has arrived for everyone to win. The Three (“tres“) Amigos (“friends”) Walt, Pink, & Mike […]
Recapping: Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 6: Like Eating Scabs
This week’s recap of Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 6, “Buyout”, is made possible by proceeds from this photograph of Rico Caruso. Possessed of the knowledge that the new Animal Collective album is streaming online, […]
Recapping: Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 4: Waiting for Cancer
This recap of Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 4, “Fifty-One”, is sponsored in part by Dan Flaherty.com, the official website of the artist Dan Flaherty. Visit Dan Flaherty.com for the latest DanFla news, gossip, and conceptual arrangements of […]
Recapping: Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 3: Silence, Klepto.
This week’s Breaking Bad recap, “Silence, Klepto,” is made possible by proceeds from this picture of Taylor Sardoni in Castle Dracula. Every time Mike thinks he’s out, the paralegal classes he’s taking at Albuquerque Community College pull […]
Recapping: Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 2: Willkommen in Bruch Schlecht
Disclaimer: Due to a welcome distraction, my viewing of this week’s Breaking Bad episode, “Madrigal,” was halfhearted, half-eyed, not “up to snuff,” which I suppose is “down from snuff.” Concurrently, Noni has taken up residency in my Mom’s room […]
The Strawberry Criterion: The Dark Knight Rises
Has there ever been a wholly successful cinematic trilogy? On purely financial terms, of course. The current marquee dominance of reboots and sequels and sequels to sequels is a direct result of consistent, staggering commercial […]