Not sure why I didn't get around to watching this even when I was obsessively tracking down all the noir I could find in college. Glad I finally got my hands on it. I can see why this stands out as a seminal entry in the canon, though, even without the explosive and influential ending.
In some ways, this doesn't feel like it came out around the end of the first decade of the genre's existence. It's packed with all…
EPISODE 2: Please Remain Calm
It's been months since we watched the first episode of this series, but last week we dropped right back in as if no time had passed. This story - both the real life catastrophe, and the way it's told here - gets under my skin in such a way that I can really only handle one episode at a time. No binging possible for this one. I need the breathing room...
Especially in 2025, when…
I just noticed that this Ghibli series was here to log so I figured I'd say a few things. My seven year old daughter LOVED this. I watched about 80% of the series with her and enjoyed it too, for the most part.
This is a Studio Ghibli adaptation of a book by Swedish author, Astrid Lindgren, who also wrote the Pippy Longstocking books. This is directed by Miyazaki's son, Goro Miyazaki, and it's the first 3D animation I've seen…
In a recent interview with Marc Maron, while talking about There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson said:
"Anytime you can kinda narrow it to something akin to Tom and Jerry or any of that kinda Spy vs. Spy kinda thing... that's always when it seems to be good. I like it when it's firing that way, when it's really just these two knuckleheads hammering out agreements between each other, it's great."
That's one of the things that makes me…
