But, really, for completely different reasons. And hell, one of these isn’t even a movie.

• We watched the first two episodes of Season Two of The Wire (imdb) and, despite struggling to figure out what the hell’s going on, fell right back in love with it. It’s hardly heartwarming, except for the fact that I missed this show terribly and now I have several more episodes on the way from Zip.
• Last night we went to see Sideways (imdb | rotten tomatoes). Man, I never crave wine and after that movie…I was craving wine. Unfortunately we have none at home and it was late on a Sunday night; we considered going to 7 West for a glass, but we would’ve ordered some dessert so we thought it best to avoid temptation. Anyway, the movie: the movie, and the characters, seemed to me as close to art (in the classical sense) as a movie could get. By that, I mean that the characters — and the movie itself — are dense, and take time & patience to understand. They’re difficult and complex and transparent all at once. “Masterful” is about the only word I can think of.