Brazil
Brazil is a love letter to the unpredictability of the human spirit, an excoriation of the feckless systems that try to bridle it, and an encouragement to fight for the freedom to live, dream, and dissent as you please.
Extravagant Design
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
It’s undeniably the best Spider-Man film ever made, and might even be the best superhero film of all time, unapologetically in love with its source material and unwilling to corral it into anything resembling realism.
THX 1138
I don’t care that it’s inaccessible and pessimistic; it’s bold and exciting filmmaking, and that’s always worth paying attention to.
Batman Forever
Batman Forever recaptures some of that juvenile appeal that could leave a youngster with a lasting memory.
Dark City
“Can you come up with a single memory? You can’t, can you? You know something, I don’t think the sun even exists in this place. ‘Cause I’ve been up for hours, and hours, and hours, and the night never ends here.”
Batman Returns
A wild misfire is almost always better and more memorable than a handcuffed, cookie-cutter effort.
Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds
On a minuscule budget, Proyas crafts a visually breathtaking film and shows off his eye for image composition.
The Matrix
The Matrix was a watershed moment in film history; it has had a vast influence on blockbuster cinema and has proven itself a prescient commentary on modern society’s relationship with technology.