Feels
This is the band at its peak; not at its most accessible or at its freakiest, but at its best.
Personal Canon
Children of Men
The free-flowing story—where plans change, events catch the characters off guard, and the situation is evolving moment by moment—is captured perfectly by the raw, documentary-style camerawork.
The New World
Such combinations of music, poetry, moving images, and editing simply can’t be done in any other medium.
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.
Go Down, Moses
It is purposefully not an easy read, but it is rewarding for those who put in the effort.
Light in August
Mellifluous, polysyllabic, and archaic words sometimes mask a tenderness toward the novel’s afflicted human subjects, but Faulkner’s consummate artistry is worth the emotional distance.
In the Heat of the Night
Beyond its impeccable screenplay and superb acting, the enduring appeal of In the Heat of the Night is in its nuanced consideration of racial relations at a tense time in United States history.
Millennium Actress
As we age, our memories form the individual people that we become. But as they fade, we can lose little bits of ourselves that were once crucial.
Wild Strawberries
His limiting self-mythologizing has ended; he has accepted his past, and although his days are short, he can now live them in peace.