Movies
Two recent movies I've seen:
I caught Wordplay, a documentary about Crossword Puzzle competitions, at the Dupont Circle theaters this weekend. This movie is already a huge hit with crossword puzzle addicts everywhere, but even for a non-addict like myself (I just do them on planes), there was enough to keep this insightful look into an odd, nerdy world interesting. Appearances by crossword addicts Jon Stewart and Bill Clinton added to the amusement factor, and seeing the latter talk about how he does the NYTimes puzzle every day made me nostalgic for the days when we had a genuinely smart president.
On DVD, I watched the 1944 Murder My Sweet, a black and white classic about a hardboiled detective named Philip Marlowe who gets himself into a tangled mess when an oddball gives him $20 to find a missing old flame. With lines like "she had a face like mud," and "she was cool, like somebody making funeral arrangements for a murder not yet committed," this must be the movie from which all film noir spoofs are inspired.
I caught Wordplay, a documentary about Crossword Puzzle competitions, at the Dupont Circle theaters this weekend. This movie is already a huge hit with crossword puzzle addicts everywhere, but even for a non-addict like myself (I just do them on planes), there was enough to keep this insightful look into an odd, nerdy world interesting. Appearances by crossword addicts Jon Stewart and Bill Clinton added to the amusement factor, and seeing the latter talk about how he does the NYTimes puzzle every day made me nostalgic for the days when we had a genuinely smart president.
On DVD, I watched the 1944 Murder My Sweet, a black and white classic about a hardboiled detective named Philip Marlowe who gets himself into a tangled mess when an oddball gives him $20 to find a missing old flame. With lines like "she had a face like mud," and "she was cool, like somebody making funeral arrangements for a murder not yet committed," this must be the movie from which all film noir spoofs are inspired.
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