Required Reading: Going Up to 11 and ‘Breaking Bad’ in Colombia

By  · Published on February 11th, 2014

The best movie culture writing from around the internet-o-sphere.

There will be a quiz later. Just leave a tab open for us, will ya?

“Armadillos In Their Trousers: The Tragic Special Snowflakes of This Is Spinal Tap” – Ali Arikan at RogerEbert.com travels the endless backstage of the mockumentary to show its tragic underbelly and the masking effect of ego over true public perception.

“Meet Walter Blanco” – Laura Bennett at The New Republic goes behind the scenes of the Colombian Breaking Bad in order to describe cultural differences and a soap operatic makeover.

“All the Pleasure. None of the Guilt.” – Adam Sternbergh at The New York Times Magazine is the latest to dismiss the concept of the “Guilty Pleasure.” He explains why he’s on board with the mantra: Like What You Like.

Related Topics:

Movie stuff at VanityFair, Thrillist, IndieWire, Film School Rejects, and The Broken Projector Podcast@brokenprojector | Writing short stories at Adventitious.