Due to the inflation caused by how recklessly I give high ratings because art is subjective and I love it…

Whether an ensemble cast* or just a movie that makes an intentional point of showing secondary characters as having their…

...in chronological order...

Recommendations welcome...👍🏼

NOTE: I think barns don't count (sorry Burning, Hunt for the Wilderpeople...) but hotels do (you're welcome Barton…

None of that looking up or off to the side or straight-ahead-but-just-barely-not-meeting-your-eyeline nonsense...

ONLY. FULL. ON. DIRECT. EYE. .

NOTE: NOT—I repeat—NOT an actual list of “fable/folklore/fairy-tale/fantastical” movies (though, most of them will be).

The title “cinematic fables” was…