This 2007 thriller divides a lot of people over whether it's good or bad. We try to take a high road and instead explore what the film says about us. Is it about ordinary monsters? Addiction? Or America's guilt about its own dark side?

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• Mr. Brooks
• Seven
• Millennium
• Hannibal
• Field Notes (the notebooks, not a movie)

Additional Resources:

• The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time: Mr. Brooks
• Make It Stop: Mr. Brooks
• Bad Behavior
• Bruce A. Evans Dissects Mr. Brooks
• Mr. Brooks a Trilogy

David Byrne's self-titled album is a personal moment in his creative history, but do his lyrics have meaning? Or do they simply dredge up emotions for the listener? Also, how does an album that's this diverse have such a white, middle class identity associated with it? 

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• David Byrne (1994) self-titled
• How Music Works 
• David Byrne & St. Vincent – Love This Giant 
• Owls
• The Lounge Lizards

Additional Resources:

• David Byrne Needs to Open Up Again
• 1994 - David Byrne (from the Talking Heads website)
• David Byrne's head is talking on his wry, dreamy new album

Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's novel about the comedy of Armageddon seems to be the very definition of "twee." We try to unpack what that concept means and how it contributes to the authors' humanist message.

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• Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
• Cat's Cradle
• Breakfast of Champions
• Galapagos
• Guards! Guards!

Additional Resources:

• The Twee Revolution
• Good Omens: How Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett wrote a book
• Humorous Humanist Armageddon: Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens
• What I'm Reading: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett