One: Molly Templeton on this week’s Frightened Rabbit/Oxford Collapse show in Portland. In a similar vein, Pitchfork on the Collapse’s terrific “The Birthday Wars”.
Two: David Edelstein on Wall-E. Interesting choice of the word “conservative” in there — I think I know what he’s referring to, but I don’t know if that would be the word I’d use to describe it at all. Either way, though, it’s a hell of a film; probably the most purely cinematic of all the Pixar films I’ve seen to date.
Three: Miss Heather on the condos roughly a block from the apartment I call home, and their secret mysteries. (Nothing like this, I’m afraid.)
It’s not much of a review, really, is it? I kept putting things in and taking them out. Also, slightly unabashedly namedroppy. But Newmyer and Amy deserved notice.