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   Thursday, January 15, 2004

JOIN THE CLUB

Few things start the New Year off right for me like David Edelstein's annual Movie Club at Slate.com. Each January, he gathers five prominent film critics via e-mail to spend an entire week(!) quarrelling over the past year's best and worst movies. For anyone who questions why I'd enjoy reading such a thing, I'll turn it over to Edelstein himself (from the Club's final post):

"A work of art doesn't end after you consume it. It has a finish, like wine...Sometimes that finish is quick and sweet, and sometimes it's bitter and lasts for years. Sometimes it upsets your stomach. In all cases, exploring our own responses—and bouncing them off people we like and respect—is among life's greatest pleasures."

Amen.