Phillip Bartell

Columbia-Chicago

Filmmaker

Film, Music, Tennis, Reading, Piano, Hiking, Jogging

The Corrections, Kavalier & Clay, Atonement, Giovanni's Room, And Then There Were None, Life of Pi, early Alan Moore, Runaways and Y: The Last Man, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

From 2005: Junebug, Brokeback, A History of Violence, 2046, Squid & the Whale. 5 From 2004: Bad Education, Sideways, The Dreamers, Million Dollar Baby, Before Sunset. Other favorites: Strangers on a Train, Three Kings, Showgirls, Nashville, My Own Private Idaho, Psycho, Safe, Happy Together

As of late: Scissor Sisters (yes, still!), Postal Service, Death Cab, Loretta Lynn, and the new Depeche album's great... As of always: ABBA, Flaming Lips, Aimee Mann, Pet Shop Boys, R.E.M.

Sopranos, Sex & the City, Strangers with Candy, Simpsons, Six Feet Under, and even two shows that don't begin with the letter 'S': 24 & Desperate Housewives

I'm an impatient driver, but I still let people in when they're trying to change lanes. I'm not necessarily where I wanna be, but I'm having a good time getting there.

Someone who'll rock my world. Someone who's good, decent, maybe a little bratty on occasion, smart. Someone who knows they don't have it all figured out, who isn't above the fray, who can see other's points of view. Someone who'll play devil's advocate and disagree with me when I'm wrong. Someone true. And funny.