The beautiful thing about movies is that there are so many and it’s impossible to watch them all and sometimes you’ll watch one so good it alters your dna.

Anyways, I just watched Johnny Guitar for the first time.

The ship of dreams. 

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The establishing shot of Shawshank prison while the Thomas Newman score swells >>

Shortest 2 hours and 20 minutes of my life. Movies are the best.

Read the novella and talked about the major differences between it and the movie on the podcast. Spoiler, the movie is better.

Capitalism is so evil that The Tramp was happier in jail. Kind of the definitive timeless movie.

Time to meet God.

All-timer Blunt performance, maybe an all-timer Benicio performance, Jóhann Jóhannsson and Deakins going beast mode, the bridge scene? 

Chills.

Soul-igniting. Will Patton’s narration plus Bryce Dessner’s score is a deadly combo, but to be fair, I’ve always been a sucker for the movies that attempt to wrestle with life and its endless mysteries.

My favorite of Sundance 2025. Happy it got distribution, sad it’s via Netflix.

Podcast: The Best of Sundance 2025

Very few directors could make the devouring of a human simultaneously devastating and romantic. Maybe my favorite Luca movie, but I’ve realized my favorite Luca movie is whichever one I’ve watched most recently. 

Podcast discussion: Bones & All

Alright, you fuckers, the jig is up! Where's the fucking card throwing machine?

Some of the most important movies of the 2000s if we are being honest.

Where must we go... we who wander this Wasteland in search of our better selves?" -The First History Man

George Miller might be a God.

This pot is making you aggressive.

Call it an erotic thriller all you want, as long as you consider it a black comedy as well. Anyways, masterpiece and such.

Podcast- House of Holidays: Eyes Wide Shut

Witnessed at the Egyptian in 35mm. Ethereal.

That moment where Adonis gets knocked down
by Conlan and in his stupor sees Apollo Creed and then hard cut to Adonis gasping for air and immediately getting to his feet? Pure cinema.