Film Friday | Weekly Roundup

I spend a lot of time on the interwebs so you don’t have to. Spend your internet minutes wisely with this handy guide to the best of the best from my online week.

• Torsten Reitz examines the resurgence of the gangster pic over at The Moving Arts Film Journal with the “The Rise and Fall, and Rise of the American Gangster Movie”
• Let us now praise Glen Garry Glen Ross. Or the editors of, rather.
• Over at Mythical Monkey, a simple Who’s Your Fav Film Pirate? poll erupts into controversy. Allegations of voter fraud and sexual misconduct follow.
• If you’re not listening to The Film Talk podcast, you should be. Jett Loe and Gareth Higgins manage not only to be funny when talking about the latest cineplex offerings, but insightful as well.
• And perhaps the greatest thing I have found, ever. It’s hilarious and a lot like a dream I had once: