...if the past few days have been as strange and unsettling for you as they have for me, I can recommend nothing better than watching Frédéric Back's Oscar-winning The Man Who Planted Trees. It is an amazing achievement, technically, visually, and allegorically. Always relevant.
I've Recommended Today's Film Before, But It's Worth Mentioning Again
Seeing The Ordinary In Extraordinary Ways
Storms Can Be Astonishingly Beautiful
This Legendary Director Has Made Some Of The Most Memorable, Massive Films Of All Time, But I Keep Wishing He'd Tone It Down A Bit
Scattering Musical Breadcrumbs So Cinephiles (Or Soundtrack Nerds) Can Find Their Way Home
Michel Gondry Made A Short Film With Nothing But An iPhone, And It's Just About As Quirky (And As Charming) As You'd Expect
The City Of Chicago + Nighttime + Excellent Timelapse Photography = Serious Slice Of Beauty
When I Saw This "Colossal" Headline, I Wasn't Sure What To Expect
...when I happened across "New Smoke-Based Photographs by Ken Hermann Capture Colorful Bursts Suspended Within an Industrial Corridor" in my trusty ol' NewsBlur, I couldn't actually envision what it was trying to describe. Turns out it was just about as literal a description of Ken Hermann's "Smoke" project as one could imagine.
I Do Not Think That Today's Suggestion Is A Great Movie, Really. But Parts Of It Are Definitely Great.
I find myself enjoying the setting and individual sections of it quite a bit more than the overall package. Mostly, I'm looking at you, Jemaine Clement and "Shiny;" and you, Dwayne Johnson and nearly every moment of your screen time; and you, Lin-Manuel Miranda and your lyrical gymnastics in such charming, ear-wormy songs as "Opetaia Foa'i (We Know The Way);" and you, Crazy Alan Tudyk's crazy rooster; and you, entire first act. So, yeah, lots of things to enjoy.