And, since we're singing the praises of the new McSweeney's, it seems appropriate to take a moment to point out that the latest number of their sister publication, Wholphin, the "quarterly" DVD of good short and medium length films you aren't likely to see otherwise, has arrived simultaneously.  There's not much to say other than it's another treat-filled extravaganza that we don't think you'll want to pass up once you've check out this preview.

<<•>>  w/ Melanie Griffith, Jeff Daniels and Ray Liotta  <<•>>  Demme's masterpiece, and one of the undisputed classics of '80s American cinema, Something Wild is also the film that put Ray Liotta on the map and remains his most affecting performance.  Beautifully shot by the one and only Tak Fujimoto, and featuring The Feelies as a high school cover band performing Bowie's "Fame" at a reunion dance, this one of a kind work, which is perhaps the only film to successfully combine screwball comedy and violent thriller, is now available in a Criterion edition offering a new, restored digital transfer supervised by Tak Fujimoto and that features new interviews with Demme and screenwriter E Max Frye and a booklet that includes an essay by David Thompson.