“The other option when considering a watch of Brewster McCloud, either for the first time or on the much-needed second viewing, is trying to immerse yourself as much as possible in understanding Altman’s film ahead of time. Good luck. It’s just not a movie open to serious analysis. I don’t care what people say or what they write or even what I write, Brewster McCloud is beautiful lark to be seen rather than studied. It does stand as a nice pillar of Altman’s career and something that gets far too little attention despite it being perhaps the signature work of his best decade the 1970s.” (Brewster McCloud)

“A man he thought was a friend has betrayed him without any hint of remorse and Marlowe is forced to adapt to a time that had previously felt foreign.  The beginning and ending snippets of “Hooray for Hollywood” take on opposite effects, hopeful nostalgia deteriorates into cynical frustration.  The Long Goodbye is given new meaning, a metaphorical descent from a better place perhaps.” (The Long Goodbye - Revisited)

“California Split is, ultimately, about gambling as compulsion and addiction.  Gould’s Charlie cannot pass up an opportunity to bet on most anything, even a brawl that breaks out in the audience of a boxing match on which he also has numerous bets.  When the men are robbed for a second time, by a man with a gun pointed at him, part of Charlie’s rationale in offering the thief only half of the winnings seems to be a gamble on whether the man will actually take it or shoot him and grab it all.” (California Split)