> When I met him in New York, he seemed such a peaceful guy. I can't imagine what's come over Jeremy.
> Speaking about New York, here's a Smart-Ass Guide to NYC (via Clive Davis). Click on 'next' till you get to it.
> Peter Bradshaw pays tribute to a masterpiece: Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story. See also here and here. And for the first 100 of Halliwell's 1000 best movies (referred to in these pieces) here. One of my own two favourite movies, Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch, is at 52; the other, Psycho, doesn't make the top 100. On The Waterfront, which features the greatest single performance, from what I've seen, in the history of the cinema, is at 56.
> It has been pointed out to me that if you read to the end of the 'Schubert letter' featured in this post, you see that it was meant ironically. I am embarrassed. This is the danger of the 'Yeah, Whatever' Point.
> British bloggers dissed, just for a change, by someone writing in the mainstream media. Owen Gibson in Media Guardian (free registration): '[T]here is little heavyweight comment...'