Cynical Girls on Film

The truly excellent song is by Marshall Crenshaw, and it's from his self-titled debut album (which is a listen-straight-through must for anyone who doesn't already own it). The video was smartly compiled by Rick Thomas (and I would only make a few slight cutting changes). I just felt the immediate need to post this on FILMICABILITY, because it's so ultra-cool.

Film #31: Titus

After mounting such grand Broadway productions as the acclaimed The Lion King, director Julie Taymor was seen as a natural to make the leap over to movies. Her first film, Titus, proved right those willing to take a chance on her. While the movie's extraordinary design suffers from the scale-down to television, Titus -- one of Shakespeare's most maligned plays -- now crackles as a most