There’s something mystical about Peter Weir movies. I’ve only seen “The Truman Show” and “Picnic at Hanging Rock”, but the worlds he builds seem to take place in our reality but manage to carry a small dose of magical realism and exist in a dreamlike state.
Dead Poets Society is no different, and up there with Weir’s best and quite honestly the best films of all time. It's a film about a group of boys who attend a boarding school…
A Knight’s Tale is a wacky medieval comedy that is pretty average in terms of comedic chops, but still manages to be a very entertaining film.
One of the things I found pretty enjoyable about A Knight's Tale was how it incorporated modern tropes into a film that takes place during medieval times. Rather than being cringeworthy, these moments actually ended up being pretty funny because of how self-aware the film was. I couldn’t have imagined songs like We Will…
Apparently Robert Eggers doesn't like his past work all too much, therefore making it very hard to find the short films that he made before making The Witch and The Lighthouse online.
Just recently, Brothers was released, and I think it's great that it's finally seeing the light of day. You can very clearly see the beginnings of Eggers' directorial and visual style here, inspired by traditional folk/horror tales and the history of New England. The opening scene is extremely…
