politician chooses political expediency over conviction. but first, dog bites man.

We are a couple episodes into The Honourable Woman:

The Honourable Woman is a 2014 British politicalspy thriller television miniseries in eight parts, directed and written by Hugo Blickfor the BBC and SundanceTV. Featuring Maggie Gyllenhaal in the title role

Pretty good so far. Has this come up before? 

enjoying a new british sitcom called catastrophe. will soon be streaming on amazon. its a somewhat less zany version of youre the worst (which i still recommend) but instead of 30 ish couple with a british male lead falling for an american woman in la, this has a 40 ish couple with an american male hooking up with an irish woman in london.

Rothko Harvard murals

Anyone have any experience with Verizon FIOS?

media mags

kind of interested to watch sunday night on espn (or one of their channels) a new 30 for 30 documentary about the 1980 russian olympic hockey team.

today's the day for birthdays

have no idea if this will be schitt but eugene levy, catherine o'hara and chris elliott will have me tuning in at least once.

terminal bar / across from port authority

the two escobars

L.E.S.

Buoy has signed an online distribution deal with Vyerfilms a curated subscription service which showcases independent films from around the world.

Filmmakers get 70% of the revenue, currently the highest share of all VOD services, so this is a real financial oppurtunity... that is, assuming people don't take advantage of the watch for free option. Oh well, just glad it's getting out there a little.

A Meyer Shapiro reader

Apparently this was at the top of the charts when I was conceived ...

just rewatched the way we were i think for only the second time. some interesting insights into production midway down the page. the plot falls apart about halfway through the movie and im perpetually underwhelmed by redford but streisand is quite good.

Blackhawks and Maple Leafs looking for contact lens, 1962

Madness, SCUM Manifesto, and Valerie Solanas—history's most famous lipstick misandrist.

how bout that game last night? who knew puppies could play football? super pumped for the superbowl tonight! got my money on green bay!! go panthers!!!

For a certain math student ...

paolo scheggi

1981.nyc

For only $300, you can build this durable outdoor cooking unit that can function as a stove, oven, grill, and smoker.

they werent kidding when they say a print for the heartbreak kid was hard to come by. this one is pretty crappy. first time ive seen this. part of neil simon month on tcm.