Learn how to use a circle template to express the essence of human despair. Brian Heater did, and he’s a better man for it.

Those still searching for the definitive biography of John Kennedy Toole, after the disappointing Ignatius Rising, will not find it in Ken & Thelma, which serves as less of a biography of the Confederacy of Dunces author, than a personal memoir of author Joel L. Fletcher, who knew his subject personally. Brian Heater looks for the deeper colors of the portrait.

Bill Murray – who seems to have developed a predilection for serious yet off-beat roles in slowly-paced films – stars in Jim Jarmusch’s latest as a sleuthing ex-Lothario. Brian Heater investigates.

Run for the hills, folks. The Kochalka bears are coming. Brian Heater sets traps.

Cruel Tutelage (Asian Man). Review by Brian Heater.

Brian Heater discusses campfires and other people’s music with the enigmatic Matt Pond.