A lot of intriguing stuff going on here. Viggo brings a thoughtfulness that is much appreciated.

The central relationship says a lot about masculine and feminine working together to build a home in...

There’s a lot to process. I appreciate Anderson tackling some of the big things—it’s almost ridiculously ambitious, even. Trying to capture just about everything—life, God, relationships, community,...

Work in progress.

Full River Red Full Time Marlowe Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Oppenheimer John Wick: Chapter 4 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Murder Mystery 2...

Government involvement in the production ensures this feels like propaganda for much of the runtime, especially the first half, a mostly stolid collection of vignettes that should have been more exciting...

https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/07/the-midyear-reckonings-french-revolution/

The Midyear Reckoning’s French Revolution: France replaces Hollywood as our go-to cinema.

Now that France is in turmoil,...

It’s a remake Hawks’s 1930 film in the literal sense: almost word-for-word the same! And the action scenes are literally taken from it. That said, what you’re getting is the addition of some serious...

Dead for a Dollar Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood Thirteen Lives RRR Navalny The Fabelmans Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special Top Gun: Maverick The Northman Doctor Strange in the Multiverse...

Say what you will, but the part where John Turturro invents baseball, and he’s clearly making it up as they go in order to favor himself—“if you throw outside the strike zone 4 times, I, uh, get...

This is good. More than a good telling of the rescue, there is some thematic stuff going on in this that impressed me.

As usual, Ron Howard is so straightforward that you can miss it. But he sometimes...

Starts slow but builds up flavors until you feel you’re watching a pretty wonderful variety show. Even the songs get better over time. Kathryn Grayson may not be the best actress but she’s good...

An exploration of losing one’s life in order to find it. In its quiet, intentional pacing, it seemed to want to mimic the effect of the rituals and Grand Silence that bring meaning to a nun’s daily...

"Sorry I'm late...”

“That's okay, time doesn't exist."

He didn’t know what he was doin’.

Whacky antics abound!

My son’s really into the Our Gang shorts from this era so it was fun to see Dickie Moore play a small role.

Watched on Saturday May 21, 2022.

The whole movie is something of a marvel. But the tightness and near wordlessness of the final climactic one-two punch is textbook dramatic storytelling efficiency. I’m tempted to call it pure cinema....

Gripping, smart, doesn’t hold your hand as it sets up the premise (that whole wedding scene at the beginning is genius). So dang good, but also more cynical than you’d expect. Would make a good...

Four Sons shows Ford having a great time doing his version of Murnau, but with his favorite themes showing through.

I’m interested in Ford’s portrayal of a happy, provincial, idyllic Europe, contrasted...

You give Ford a silly story narrated by a horse and he will not turn in a dud. I’m learning he can practically do no wrong. It’s shot brilliantly and ends up being chalk full of classic archetypal...

This mix of characters, brought together out of necessity but all expecting to get different things out of the relationship, make this incredibly strong. 

That hanging tree was like a nightmare—a...