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Got an insufferable know-it-all of a rock-snob friend? Invite him over with the promise of a recently unearthed bootleg of a previously unknown Elephant 6 album from 1998, then watch as he listens for the first time to the Lesser Birds of Paradise's Space Between . "Of course, that's Julian Koster on the musical saw," he'll say during the ghostly opener "My Refrain," and on stark solo acoustic performances like "Take the Leaves," he'll claim to detect Jeff Mangum's hand in the lyrics. Finally, he...

March 23, 2009: Of all the Italian horror directors, it's Argento who's at the top of the heap. His movies are some of the most visually stunning movies (regardless of genre) that you'll ever see. And his plot hooks, while often obtuse, are always compelling. This movie is not an exception to the rule. I can't tell you much about it without going into spoiler territory, but I can recommend THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE without reservation.

A biography of one of the world's great naturalists, with details of his explorations on the Amazon and in the Malay Archipelago. Wallace’s hidden sexual life, the world of Victorian science and gay sexuality, and the struggles of a great thinker to survive in a hostile social environment are described in lavish detail.