Category: Review
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Barbenheimer & “Come and See”
I’m writing this on the eve of my double header of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer”, and I debated writing about how much it excites me to see so much buzz around one, let alone two, movies coming out in theaters. Instead, I’m dedicating tonight’s post to a 1985 foreign film I watched for the first time…
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“Everything Everywhere All At Once”: A Perfect Movie and Also How I Refer to My Anxiety
Slight spoilers if you haven’t seen, but I also tried not to give away too much Almost every person I follow on Film Twitter keeps talking about how movies are back. When three spidermen graced the screen together last December and box office ratings were smashed, it was tweeted both sincerely and in satire. When…
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A Film A Day: “Cléo from 5 to 7”
Day 4 of ??? Today’s film of the day is brought to you by the Sunday Scaries…aka ennui. Cléo from 5 to 7 is a 1962 film directed by Agnès Varda. It’s streaming on HBO Max. Side note: in humble opinion, HBO Max has the best selection of any streaming service, and that’s largely in…
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A Film A Day: “Breaking News in Yuba County”
Today’s film is one my parent showed me the trailer for a long time ago, and as I was scrolling Hulu, I noticed it was available to stream now. Breaking News in Yuba County centers around Sue Buttons – your average, anxious middle aged woman who, just like Molly Ringwald, has her birthday forgotten by…
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A Film A Day: “The French Dispatch”
Day 2 of ? Today’s film of the day was The French Dispatch. I watched it at Alamo Drafthouse with Hal, as part of one of our fun day dates. 🙂
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A Film A Day: “That Thing You Do!”
Day 1 of ? As we approach the holiday season and I find myself with a lot more time on my hands (which sounds like a paradox to people who don’t know me), I had an idea. It might be a terrible idea, or it might be a great idea. Either way, it’s going to…
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A Love Letter to a Neo-Western: The Rider
Towards the beginning of the pandemic, I started making my way through the watch list that had piled up since, well, forever. One of the entries on my list that seemed to always get pushed was Chloé Zhao’s 2018 film, The Rider. On a whim one day, I decided to watch it. I haven’t stopped…
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A Love Letter to the Perfect Summer Blockbuster
It’s well-known what the seasons of film are, but for those who don’t know, the year typically looks like this. Summer blockbusters are really the start of the year – all your action flicks, superhero adventures, family films usually come into theaters in April thru September. Then, as September drags on, you’ll start to see…
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