The second season of The House’s “Grassroots Tavern” podcast series begins, fittingly, with our second episode.
Shoot the Piano Player has the seeds of Truffaut’s best traits.
In The Pope’s Toilet, form doesn’t equal function and neither side of the equation is particularly pleasant.
Sukiyaki is easy to make sound unusual and intriguing.
Macario is a landmark in Mexican cinema.
My favorite piece of music criticism this year is one of those cut-and-paste subway collage hack jobs.
Lichman & Rizov “Live” at Grassroots Tavern: Episode 18, “This Podcast Gets a 48” with Mike D’Angelo
This is our first season finale, so we go out in style with Mike D’Angelo.
The Dark Knight is the most entertaining blockbuster of the summer, which still doesn’t mean it’s any good.
With rare exceptions, Fleet Foxes’s lyrics suggest that they’ve been living in the backwoods watching animals.
We took the time to chat about Guy Maddin, with both Vadim and Andrew giving us their thoughts on My Winnipeg.
Baghead is the first mumblecore movie to fail from thematic overambition rather than excessive modesty.
Since we missed the release date, now might be a good time to address Benten Films’s double-disc release of Katz’s first two features.
We’re nearing the end of our first season of recording/drinking/merry-making at Grassroots.
Today I will begin by tearing apart the adjective “non-confrontational.”
Wartime isn’t just an excuse for functional architecture.
We’re back and we’ve got our first real “special guest” on the podcast: Salon’s Andrew O’Hehir.
Let’s keep this terse: I talked with three other colleagues about Full Battle Rattle, and we all came to the same conclusion.
Episode 14 is really “Episode Tavern” and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Seems to me that Hunky Dory is the last time Bowie was hanging back and outside of his “generation.”
If a Wookie can fondle a princess, can an Academy Award winner feed a 13-year old a Quaalude?