What resources (films, books, websites) can I share with my 13 y/o daughter who has expressed a recent keen admiration and care for the American soldier from the Vietnam War era to the present? [more inside]
posted by keith0718 on Sep 3, 2009 - 22 answers

Please suggest books and films in which the antagonists are consistently clever, creating complex and elegant (evil?) plots-within-plots to befuddle the protagonist and audience! [more inside]
posted by metaBugs on Apr 6, 2009 - 28 answers

Who has documented rock n roll's greatest excesses? [more inside]
posted by brautigan on Feb 1, 2008 - 21 answers

I love stories about transformations and life changes, be they cheesy or serious. Recommend some to me! [more inside]
posted by different on Nov 12, 2007 - 33 answers

Examples of movies, books, where the narrator lies to the audience as they tell their story? [more inside]
posted by scallion on Sep 10, 2006 - 63 answers

What non-fiction books or documentary films explore a subculture or lifestyle as effectively as Henry Chalfant & Tony Silver's Style Wars and Hunter S. Thompson's Hell's Angels? [more inside]
posted by njm on Jul 26, 2006 - 42 answers

I'm looking for books and\or films about the rise of Nazism and fascism. [+] [more inside]
posted by sanko on Jan 23, 2005 - 29 answers