Why the play? For the most “Wes Anderson” movie yet, where the actors were literally playing actors playing characters in a desert made of pastel… Read More »2023 Vintage: The Asteroid City Symmetry

Why Jeffrey Wright? For a satire that reminded us that Hollywood only wants “authentic” stories if they fit into a very specific and very narrow… Read More »2023 Vintage: The American Fiction “White Books”

Why Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore? For a movie that proved that “researching a role” is just a polite way of being incredibly messy and… Read More »2023 Legacy: The May December Hat

Why the “Double Strike”? Because it was the year the actors and writers walked out, reminding everyone that without the people who create the jokes… Read More »2023 Archive: The 2023 Final Industry Vibe

The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes: Why the snow? For a prequel that proved that even a villain needs a tragic origin story and a… Read More »2023 Classic: The Hunger Games

Why the fire and water? For a Pixar movie that suggested that the hardest part of dating isn’t the chemistry—it’s the plumbing. Part of the… Read More »2023 Archive: The Elemental Elements

Why the height difference? For a movie that reminded us that while Austin Butler was busy finding his voice, Cailee Spaeny was busy finding out… Read More »2023 Legacy: The Priscilla vs. Elvis

Why the tunnel? For an Alex Garland movie that suggested that every man in an English village is actually just the same Rory Kinnear with… Read More »2022 Archive: The Men Body-horror

Why the “Maverick” effect? Because it was the year we realized that streaming is great, but nothing beats the feeling of a $200 million movie… Read More »2022 Legacy: The 2022 Final Industry Vibe

Why Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Brian Tyree Henry? For proving that a movie about assassins is better if they are obsessed with Thomas the Tank Engine… Read More »2022 Archive: The Bullet Train Fruit