Index of Topics on Culture Snob

This is a curated index of the content on Culture Snob, presently divided into the following sections:

Movies | Televsion

For clarity, “television” is defined for index purposes by its episodic nature. Movies made for television are “movies” here. A few things are counted in both categories.

This index is a work in progress.

Movies

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• 13 Tzameti (2005)
• 2046 (2004)
• 21 Grams (2003)
• 25th Hour (2002)
• 28 Days Later (2002)
• 28 Weeks Later (2007)
• 4 Little Girls (1997)
• (500) Days of Summer (2009): Twitter review
• 8 Mile (2002)
• About Schmidt (2002)
• Adoration (2008): Twitter review
• Adventureland (2009): Twitter review
• Afraid of the Dark (1991)
• American Beauty (1999)
• American Splendor (2003)
• Antichrist (2009): Twitter reviews
• Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008): Twitter review
• Ararat (2002)
• The Aristocrats (2005)
• …Around (2008)
• Art School Confidential (2006)
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007): Twitter review
• Asylum (2005)
• Babel (2006)
• The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
• Batman Begins (2005)
• Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)
• Big Fish (2003)
• The Big Lebowski (1998)
• Birth (2004)
• The Black Dahlia (2006)
• Blood Into Wine (2010): interview with subject James Maynard Keenan
• Boogie Nights (1997)
• Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
• The Bourne Identity (2002)
• The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
• Bowling for Columbine (2002)
• Brokeback Mountain (2005)
• Brokedown Palace (1999)
• Caché (2005)
• Calendar (1993): essay on opening shot
• Camera (2000)
• Candyman (1992)
• Candyman (2021)
• Capote (2005)
• Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
• The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)
• Casino Royale (2006)
• Charlie Wilson’s War (2007): Twitter review
• Children of Men (2006)
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005)
• Closer (2004)
• Cold Mountain (2003)
• Collateral (2004)
• Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
• The Constant Gardener (2005)
• Contact (1997): essay on the Culture Snob version
• The Cooler (2003)
• Coraline (2009): Twitter review
• Crash (2005)
• Cronos (1993): Twitter review
• Cruel Intentions (1999)
• The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
• The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
• The Dark Knight (2008): essay, haiku squared, and the Culture Snob version
• Dark Water (Honogurai mizu no soko kara, 2002)
• Dawn of the Dead (1978)
• Dawn of the Dead (2004)
• Day of the Dead (1985)
• Dead Snow (Død Snø, 2009): Twitter review
• The Departed (2006)
• The Descent (2005): essay and Not-So-Drunken Commentary Track
• Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon, 2007): Twitter review
• Dogville (2003)
• Dolores Claiborne (1995)
• Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist (2005)
• Donnie Darko: essays on the theatrical version (2001) and the director’s cut (2004)
• Drag Me to Hell (2009): Twitter review
• Duplicity (2009): Twitter review
• An Education (2009): Twitter review
• Elephant (2003)
• Encounters at the End of the World (2007): Twitter review
• Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
• eXistenZ (1999)
• Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
• Eye of God (1997)
• The Eye (2002)
• Eyes Without a Face (1959)
• F for Fake (1973): Twitter review
• Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
• Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009): Twitter review
• Fight Club (1999)
• Fireworks (Hana-Bi, 1997)
• The Five Obstructions (2003)
• The Fog of War (2003)
• Frozen River (2008): Twitter review
• Funny Games (1997)
• Game 6 (2006)
• Garden State (2004)
• Gates of Heaven (1978)
• Ginger Snaps (2000)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Män Som Hatar Kvinnor, 2009): Twitter review
• God Said, “Ha!” (1998)
• Gone Baby Gone (2007)
• Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
• The Good Thief (2002)
• Grace (2009): Twitter review
• The Grudge (2004)
• Halloween (1978): Five Minutes audio commentary
• Halloween (2007): Twitter review
• Happy Endings (2005)
• Hard Candy (2005)
• Hard Eight (1996)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
• Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 (2008): Twitter review
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001): essay by Doug Nelson
• A History of Violence (2005)
• Holes: essay on novel (1998) and movie (2003)
• Hollywoodland (2006)
• Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen, 1968): essay and Five Minutes audio commentary
• The Hours (2002)
• House of Sand and Fog (2003)
• The House of the Devil (2009): Twitter review
• Hulk (2003)
• The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)
• The Hurt Locker (2009): Twitter review
• I ♥ Huckabees (2004): Drunken Commentary Track
• Idle Hands (1999)
• The Illusionist (2006)
• In America (2002)
• In Bruges (2008)
• In Dreams (1999)
• Inception (2010)
• Incident at Loch Ness (2004): essay and Drunken Commentary Track
• An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
• The Incredibles (2004)
• Infamous (2006)
• The Informant! (2009): Twitter review
• Inglourious Basterds (2009): Twitter review
• Inside Man (2006)
• The Insider (1999)
• Intacto (2001)
• The Invention of Lying (2009): Twitter review
• Invincible (2001)
• Irreversible (2002)
• It Might Get Loud (2008): Twitter review
• The Jacket (2005)
• JCVD (2008): Twitter review
• JFK (1991): Five Minutes audio commentary
• Junebug (2005)
• Lady in the Water (2006): Drunken Commentary Track
• Lady Vengeance (2005)
• Land of the Dead (2005)
• Lantana (2001)
• The Last Days (1998)
• The Last Samurai (2003): essay by Doug Nelson
• Let Me in (2010): Twitter review
• Let the Right One in (Låt den rätte komma in, 2008): Twitter review
• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
• Life Is Beautiful (1997)
• The Lion King (1994): essay on the IMAX presentation (2002)
• Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (1999)
• Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2006)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
• Lost in Translation (2003)
• Lovely by Surprise (2007)
• Lulu on the Bridge (1998)
• The Machinist (2004)
• Magnolia (1999): essay, essay on Jim Kurring, essay on raining frogs, Drunken Commentary Track
• March of the Penguins (2005)
• Maria Full of Grace (2004)
• Marnie (1964)
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
• Masters of Horror: “Imprint” (2005-7, television): Twitter review
• Matchstick Men (2003)
• The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
• May (2002)
• Memento (2000): essay and essay on the opening shot
• The Messenger (2009): Twitter review
• Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)
• Michael Clayton (2007)
• Milk (2008): Twitter review
• Miller’s Crossing (1990)
• Millions (2004)
• MirrorMask (2005)
• Mr. 3000 (2004)
• Mr. Bean’s Holiday (2007)
• Monster in a Box (1992)
• Monster (2003)
• Moon (2009): Twitter review
• The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
• Moulin Rouge (2001): Drunken Commentary Track
• Munich (2005)
• Murderball (2005)
• The Muse (1999)
• My Architect: A Son’s Journey (2003)
• My Name Is Joe (1998)
• Mystic River (2003)
• Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
• Natural Born Killers (1994)
• No Country for Old Men (2007)
• Nosferatu the Vampyre (Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht, 1979)
• Oldboy (2003)
• Open Water (2003)
• The Orphanage (El Orfanato, 2007)
• Out of Time (2003)
• Palindromes (2004)
• Pan’s Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno, 2006): Five Minutes audio commentary
• Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)
• Paranormal Activity (2007): Twitter review
• People I Know (2002)
• Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006): essay and Five Minutes audio commentary
• Phone Booth (2002)
• The Pianist (2002)
• Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
• Pieces of April (2003)
• Planet Terror (2007): Twitter review
• The Plumber (1979)
• A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
• The Prestige(2006): essay and Drunken Commentary Track
• Primer (2004)
• Proof (2005)
• Psycho (1998)
• Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
• Quantum of Solace (2008): Twitter review
• The Quiet American (2002)
• Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
• Rachel Getting Married (2008): Twitter review
• Raising Arizona (1987)
• Ravenous (1999): haiku squared
• Ray (2004)
• [Rec] (2007): Twitter review
• Red Eye (2005)
• Repulsion (1965): Twitter review
• Requiem for a Dream (2000)
• Requiem (2006)
• Rushmore (1998)
• Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic (2005)
• Saw (2004)
• Secretary (2002)
• Serenity (2005)
• A Serious Man (2009)
• Shattered Glass (2003): essay and Drunken Commentary Track
• Shaun of the Dead (2004)
• The Shining (1980)
• Shopgirl (2005)
• Sicko (2007)
• Sideways (2004)
• Silent Hill (2006)
• Sin City (2005)
• The Skeleton Key (2005)
• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
• Slither (2006)
• Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Twitter review
• Smoke (1995): essay and essay on one shot
• Spartan (2004)
• Spellbound (2002)
• Spider (2002)
• Spider Forest (Geomi sup, 2004)
• Spider-Man 2 (2004)
• The Square (2008): Twitter review
• The Squid and the Whale (2005)
• Star Trek (2009): Twitter review
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979): Twitter review
• Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982): Twitter review
• Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
• The Station Agent (2003)
• Stay (2005): Twitter review
• The Stepford Wives (1975)
• Stone Reader (2002)
• The Strangers (2008): Twitter review
• Stuart Saves His Family (1994)
• Sugar (2008): Twitter review
• Sunshine (2007)
• Super Size Me (2004)
• Superman Returns (2006)
• Syriana (2005)
• T.R.A.N.S.I.T. (1997)
• A Tale of Two Sisters (Janghwa, Hongryeon, 2003): Twitter review
• Talk to Her (Hable con ella, 2002): essay on the internal short film Shrinking Lover
• Teeth (2007)
• Tell No One (Ne Le Dis à Personne, 2006): essay and Twitter review
• Terminal Bar (2003)
• Thank You for Smoking (2006)
• There Will Be Blood (2007)
• There’s Something About Mary (1998)
• The Thin Red Line (1998)
• Thirst (Bakjwi, 2009): Twitter review
• This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
• The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
• Three Colors: Blue (Trois couleurs: Bleu, 1993): Not-So-Drunken Commentary Track and essay on the opening shot
• Timecrimes (Los Cronocrímenes, 2007): Twitter review
• The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel, 1979)
• Touching the Void (2003)
• Trembling Before G-d (2001)
• The Triplets of Belleville (Les triplettes de Belleville, 2003)
• Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2006)
• Trouble Every Day (2001): haiku squared
• The Truman Show (1998): Five Minutes audio commentary
• Unbreakable (2000)
• Under the Skin (1997)
• Unknown White Male (2005)
• Up in the Air (2009): Twitter review
• Up (2009): Twitter review
• Us (2019)
• V for Vendetta (2006)
• Vernon, Florida (1981)
• A Very Long Engagement (2004)
• Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008): Twitter review
• The Village (2004)
• WALL• E (2008)
• Wallace and Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
• Where the Truth Lies (2005)
• Where the Wild Things Are (2009): Twitter review
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
• Winged Migration (2001)
• Wolf Creek (2005)
• The Woodsman (2004)
• The Wrestler (2008): Twitter review
• Zodiac (2007): Twitter review

Television

• Angels in America (2003)
• Battlestar Galactica (2003-9): Twitter reviews on season one, season three, and the whole damn thing
• Castle Rock (2018-9): essay on “The Queen”
• First Person (2000-1)
• The Flight of the Conchords (2007-9): Twitter review on season two
• The Haunting of Hill House (2018)
• Justified (2010-15, television): Twitter review on season one
• The Kingdom (Riget, 1994)
• The Leftovers (2014-17): essay on final episode
• Lost (2004-10): essay on seasons one and two, Twitter review on season-five finale, and Twitter review on “Across the Sea”
• Masters of Horror (2005-7): Twitter review on “Imprint”
• Sharp Objects (2018)
• The Sopranos (1999-2007): Five Minutes audio commentary on the finale
• Treme (2010-13): Twitter review on season one
• True Detective (2014-19): essay on season three
• When the Levees Broke (2006)
• The Wire (2002-8): essay and Five Minutes audio commentary