Art in all of her manifestations (film, theater, music, etc.), writing, directing, being a pretentious fuck during the quiet hours of the night while not taking myself seriously by making a fool of myself the rest of the time.
Someone who's self loathing doesn't result in me loathing them...
Grand Buffet, Hank Williams III, Astronautalis, Anticon in general, White Rabbits, The Cribs, Peter Bjorn and John, His Mischief, Sage Francis, Clouddead, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Crystal Castles, Kings of Leon, LCD Soundsystem, Maximo Park, Noisettes, Annie, Alias, Buck 65, Public Enemy, The Star Seeds, Shiny Toy Guns, The Frames, Mazzy Star, Emilie Simon, The Kooks, The Knife, The Blow, CSS, Rise Against, Prince, The Chemical Brothers, Interpol, Snoop Dog (Doggy Style era), Bright Eyes, Feist, Scout Niblet, Aesop Rock, Def JUX!, Cinerama, M.I.A., Bjork, The Delgados, The Stars, The Avett Brothers, The Grails, The Pierces, Tiger Force, Twinsister Moon, Wooden Wand, You Say Party! We Say Die!, Yacht, The Cure, Zero 7, Devendra Banhart, Iron and Wine, Karen Ann, Beth Orton, Cursive, Thrice, Portishead, The Ramones, Cat Power, Deltron 3030, Azure Ray, Regina Spektor, Attractive and Popular, 65daysofstatic, Anticon, Belle &; Sebastian, Massive Attack, Justin Timberlake, Arab Strap, Death Cab for Cutie, Dntel, Blonde Redhead, Cadence Weapon, Datarock, Explosions in the Sky, Imaad Wasif, Jesse Sykes, Meg Baird, Minus the Bear, Mirah, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Postal Service, Eminem, Lamb, Calexico, the Coup, Air, and much, much more...
Movies are for the illiterate simpletons who drink beer and eat pretzels. I watch FILMS, not movies. Films like Home Alone III, Batman and Robin, Crossroads, Coyote Ugly. I'm a regular cinephile.
What answer do you want to hear? Should I go the "I don't own a tv route?" Or the lesbian unemployed actress route (Law and Order)? How about the slacker "lunch to me is a bong hit and Guiness" route ("I love Adult Swim and Family Guy").. Hmm, why don't you tell me?
Anything that quoting would impress drunk hipster girls.
Deepha Mehta, Santosh Sivan, Rachel Maddow, Mira Nair, Mani Rathnam, and a bunch of other people that you probably haven't heard of.