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Cinemarch Madness: Intro and Nomination Round
March 4, 2013 – 9:58 AM | 307 Comments
Cinemarch Madness: Intro and Nomination Round

Greetings, friends and cinephiles, and welcome to Cinemarch Madness: the TN bracket that crowns the most heartbreaking film of all time.
The idea began years ago, at a bar that doesn’t exist anymore, with a scribbled …

The Vine: March 1, 2013
March 1, 2013 – 9:07 AM | 45 Comments
The Vine: March 1, 2013

I’m looking for a reusable, portable, leak-proof container in which to transport fruit juice to and fro in the world. I specify the juice part because apparently that makes me an oddity amongst the coffee-/tea- and …

In which I am gaslighted by my DVR remote
February 28, 2013 – 12:17 PM | 11 Comments
In which I am gaslighted by my DVR remote

Nobody else in my Twitter feed enjoyed last night’s “ripped from the Rihanna/Chris Brown headlines” episode of Law & Order: SVU either, which makes me feel a little better about the fact that nobody else in …

The Vine: February 27, 2013
February 27, 2013 – 2:26 PM | 43 Comments
The Vine: February 27, 2013

I need some dating guidance. I recently opened an online dating profile and hit it off right away with one of my matches. We had been communicating on the site for about a week when …

TN Read-Along #17: And I Don’t Want To Live This Life Discussion Thread
February 26, 2013 – 3:28 PM | 12 Comments
TN Read-Along #17: <I>And I Don’t Want To Live This Life</I> Discussion Thread

Alas, I can’t do a live chat after all; so sorry! Deadlines have intruded, as they tend to do.
I did finish And I Don’t Want To Live This Life, though, and I really felt for …

The Vine: February 22, 2013
February 22, 2013 – 9:06 AM | 28 Comments
The Vine: February 22, 2013

I’m looking to buy a new swimsuit, mine is all stretched out. Here’s the particulars: I live in SoCal, so I can and do swim pretty much year-round. The pool at my apartment is chlorinated …

The Vine: February 20, 2013
February 20, 2013 – 2:52 PM | 23 Comments
The Vine: February 20, 2013

If your new boyfriend tells you he’s taking an acne medication but you suspect for various reasons that it’s an antidepressant, but you don’t push it because you’ve only known each other a few weeks …

Flight: The road more traveled by
February 19, 2013 – 6:35 PM | 8 Comments
<I>Flight</I>: The road more traveled by

The flight in Flight is a triumph. I’ve known about the sequence — about most of the movie’s plot details, in fact — for months, and it still shoved me into the cockpit and locked …

(At Least) Eight Questions About Silver Linings Playbook
February 18, 2013 – 4:25 PM | 42 Comments
(At Least) Eight Questions About <I>Silver Linings Playbook</I>

Silver Linings Playbook is supposedly a story about two “crazy” people — Pat (Bradley Cooper), recently released from a correctional psych facility after beating his wife’s lover severely; and Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), whose guilty grief …

TN Read-Along #17: And I Don’t Want To Live This Life
February 18, 2013 – 11:13 AM | 12 Comments
TN Read-Along #17: <I>And I Don’t Want To Live This Life</I>

UPDATE! The discussion thread will open Monday 25 February. Vote below on whether/when you could do a live chat — and add any scheduling issues (i.e., “I’m west coast and couldn’t do it at 7:30 …