I really liked her "Walking and Talking" and "Lovely and Amazing," too. I love talky films when the writer gets how people *really* talk, and she definitely does.
I haven't seen Walking and Talking yet. Lovely and Amazing was painful and amazing. I love all that talking too.
One of my favorite moments in Friends with Money that has stuck with me is almost silent, though: Near the end, when the Catherine Keener character is up at her desk writing - alone, because her husband has moved out - she looks over at his now-empty desk, and feels momentarily wistful for him. She starts to get up to go over and (maybe) caress the desk, stubs her toe, and exclaims in pain. The nanny, from the other room, calls out something like, "Are you alright Mrs. [Whatever]?" This instantly aborts Catherine Keener's misplaced sentimentality, as it reminds her of the time she cut her finger with the knife in the kitchen right in front of that asshole husband, who refused to ask if she was alright, or express concern.
Re the poll weirdness, you could PM Phillip or John Passanti and ask, it's beyond me. Wish I could do it.