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Why The Movies Will Never Feel The Same Again

This video essay really resonated with me, and I thought folks would enjoy the deep dive. Bonus content while I keep writing the other stuff.

August 27, 2025August 28, 20251 Min Reading

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April at the Movies

In a bid to get caught up on these recommendations, I’m posting the missed months one at a time, at a regular clip. We’ll see

August 11, 2025August 11, 20253 Min Reading

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March at the Movies

The year marches on (pun unintended). There are a number of interesting films dropping this month, including Bong Joon Ho’s first film after the Oscar

March 24, 2025March 24, 20253 Min Reading

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February at the Movies

With this post I’ll have stuck to my resolution for at least 2 months (or more accurately, my resolution bingo card). This month I’ve become

February 28, 2025February 28, 20253 Min Reading

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January at the Movies

New year, new resolutions… kinda. I saw a video on Instagram Reels that suggested creating a ‘resolution bingo card’ instead of a single, large resolution

January 31, 2025January 31, 20253 Min Reading

recent films from letterboxd

Anastasia, 1997 - ★★★★
It’s impossible to divorce this movie from the time in my life when I first saw it, so I won’t even try. I quote Bartok nearly daily, even nearly 30 years later (that math makes me feel personally attacked). I think this is the first watch where I really looked at the voice cast, and […]
Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem, 2003 - ★★★★★
The Robots are sheer geniuses. Conceived as a visual companion piece to Daft Punk's Discovery album, and animated by Toei (Sailor Moon, Digimon, Dragon Ball Z), this film is largely a 'silent' movie, with just the Daft Punk score to drive the action and a smattering of ambient sounds. There's aliens, mind control, and weird […]
Jason and the Argonauts, 1963 - ★★★
The story is good, and the acting is fine, but the Harryhausen stop motion animation in this film is still the star, even all these years later. The giant Talos, especially, is impressive from the animation to the foley choices, and the choreography of the last fight with the skeletons just boggles the mind to […]
The X from Outer Space, 1967 - ★★
B-movie at its best (worst?). Kaiju movies are always campy, but this one elevates beyond that. With nonsensical asides like the random UFO that isn't touched on and is completely unrelated to the monster, and a love triangle arc that serves as the crux of the final scenes but is barely touched on otherwise, this […]
Mary Poppins, 1964 - ★★★★½
I don't think I would have bet that *this* would be the movie Poppy would ask for over and over, but here we are. And, I am not complaining. ❤️