
My published writing for this week represents a rather a diverse set of work, so, for a change, the following links don't lead exclusively to snarky reviews of subpar new releases. Not to worry, there's plenty of that, too, (and I save some special venom for the new Ben Stiller/Vince Vaughn/Jonah Hill/Richard Ayoade sci-fi/comedy
The Watch), but there's also my consideration of Michelangelo Antonioni's 1964 masterpiece
Red Desert and profiles of two up-and-coming comedians which I contributed to Variety's "10 comics to watch" feature.
Film reviews
Comedian profiles: