When I was younger, I had an odd perception of the Disney canon. My father worked in animation and (miraculously, given some of his stories) kept his love for it enough that he wanted to ensure his children could grow up with it. Yet, did we have a copy of The Lion King? Aladdin? No, but we had a full shelf of the odd semi-forgotten projects that Disney had put out during its lean times. Make Mine Music, Melody Time,…
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The Wicker Man 1973
The best cure for 'modern movie' malaise is to sit back and enjoy something made before the rules were so tight. When there wasn't a cottage industry for nitpicking and fully stocked stations for the fun police.
The Wicker Man is one such movie. It balances itself perfectly between the understandable and proper world of the modern blockbuster and the madcap wonder of the arthouse. It gilds itself in strange trappings and odd songs but keeps the dialogue strong and…
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Stalker 1979
It's probably pretentious to say that a movie is good for the mind itself, not just as a source of entertainment but as a refreshment for the mind. It probably is, but at the same time I believe this movie truly is. It's not perfect, certain scenes drag and the first viewing can sometimes bring you to boredom, but persist. In hindsight is when the movie really comes into its own, unravelling in your memory and allowing yourself to really think about its construction and execution.
It's not a movie you might 'enjoy', but it's a movie you owe yourself to watch.
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Dune: Part Two 2024
In ‘Jodorowsky’s Dune’, one of the filmmakers interviewed describes the process of reading the original illustrated script for the project from Mobeius, giving particular reverence to how they felt ‘transported’. Jodorowsky never got to make his Dune (and honestly, looking at it with an honest eye, it probably would’ve been a mess and/or not really ‘Dune’), and Villenvue’s Dune is a very different interpretation, but watching Dune Part Two, I couldn’t help but keep remembering that one scene, to be…
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