Has he been retroactively named by Grimes?
I give this retrospective an A++. Gonna miss your reviews man, I respect someone who has high standards and who can be sometimes harsh. Best of luck wherever you go A+ A+ Dowd. My heart is at a C- at best, probably a gentleman's d-
A+ A+ Dowd. You’ll be missed.
Oh, now you’re making me feel nostalgic for when AV Club grades meant something.
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A- minus reflection on a C+ review. Read more
<3 <3 Dowd
Thanks for all the amazing work at the AV Club over the past almost 9 years Alex, and I look forward to seeing what you end up doing next.
Fwiw, I’m sorry to see you go. It does feel like the passing of an Old Guard (that I, like many around here, am watching with trepidation) and we’re losing even more tried and true talent like yourself. And I can understand where you’re coming from with the grading thing; if you only give an A sparingly, then that A… Read more
J/O media didn’t deserve you, Dowd. Looking forward to finding out where you go next.
Just wanna say thank you for being so terrific at your job. The readership will forever be in your corner!
Oh look. An Apple contrarian. How unique.
Congratulations?
Godspeed, Dowd! Hope to see (plus) you writing somewhere else real soon!
For those unaware:
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Why is this a problem? I thought that was, in fact, the *point* of this telescope?
Sometimes the Internet is a well-oiled machine of people providing helpful suggestions that are taken the right way and implemented. Read more
Updated, thanks!
Surely given the subject matter of the film, the grade should have been C++?
I wonder if the first part of your comment might have something to do with the second part.
Broadly, this isn’t particularly accurate, even outside of the oxymoronic (or at least confusing) phrase “increasingly less.” Phantom Thread, PTA’s previous film, was one of his higher-grossing efforts in the U.S., and Wes Anderson is only on a downward trajectory if you limit your analysis to three movies—one of… Read more