A decade later, Damien Chazelle's feature debut has become slightly overrated. When I saw it ten years ago, it was a small indie film that I considered a hidden gem. As time has gone by, my love has dampened, but the reception seems to have grown considerably (top 50 on Letterboxd and IMDB, amongst other acclaim). It's very good, but it's also a bit too flashy and ephemeral to have this "cream of the crop" consensus. I can see what…
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Cast Away 2000
Everyone has those movies that grew on them over the years. I first saw Cast Away as a child with a friend and his family at the theater and was bored out of my mind. I then watched it about a decade later after another friend told me it was one of her ten favorites. I liked it much better, but I still found it merely passable. This third viewing has really brought out the emotions in the film, the…
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What Is a Woman? 2022
In June of this year, Matt Walsh showed screenshots on his Twitter from critics who were offered a screener of this film. The critics wrote things like, "Unsubscribe. Lose my email. Forget my name." Walsh pompously tweeted, "The Left can't help but prove the point of the film. They are too terrified to even watch it." That's one way to look at things. Another way is that professional critics often watch and write about hundreds of movies a year, and…
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Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii 1972
I've always heard this was a great concert film, and it doesn't disappoint. Some of their best songs to that point, with some really trippy visuals. The hook of dividing "Echoes" into two halves would foreshadow what they did with "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" several years later. Also, it's only an hour and free on YouTube.
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