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In case you missed these pieces, The Film Snob*s Dictionary was the subject of some intriguing writeups in mid-March: a characteristically terse reviewette in Variety and an inordinately weighty think piece by Richard Schickel in the L.A. Times. Schickel’s article is flattering even as he resists falling in love with the book, yet puzzling in its desire to evaluate The Film Snob*s Dictionary as if it were some kind of scholarly tract by Jonathan Rosenbaum. As we’ve said in interviews, the opinions expressed within the book are genuine, but the book itself is, let’s face it, a novelty paperback. Next: Harold Bloom on Why Do Men Have Nipples? April 04, 2006 More Film Snobbery »
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New World. Quaintly Columbian term used to describe wines produced outside of the “traditional” wine-growing regions of Western and Northern Europe. Though the United States is most readily identified with New World wines, the term also applies to the wines of Chile, Australia, and South Africa. New World wines are broadly thought of as fruitier and more alcoholic than OLD WORLD wines, owing to the hotter climates in which their grapes are grown and the preponderance of producers eager to please ROBERT PARKER. Read more from the Wine Snob's Dictionary » 
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