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“I’ll always love you, brother.”

A spectacular mess. 

Happy birthday to my mom who slept through almost all of it on purpose :)

The two big set pieces are astounding. The stretch in the submarine was particularly thrilling for me. The water on the frame - come on! The planes sequence… yea. Can’t wait to watch behind the scenes on that. 

And that shot of him running through the field near the end - that’s it. 

Well done, Tom/Ethan. I’m grateful for your work.

“You can’t handle the truth!”

My family was 30 min into this when I arrived at our Air bnb. I quickly locked in and loved it.

A perfect follow up to listening to The Big Picture Tom Cruise Draft yesterday and preparation for M:I Final Reckoning tomorrow.

Kaffee asking Jessop if he’d ordered the Code Red felt like Maverick pushing the throttle or Ethan taking the jump.

“Are you or aren’t you?” / “That sum bitch is molting!”

Got to see this in a packed theater with two dear friends. Laughs and tears and a fist raised for Mordecai.

So much goodness to discover and rediscover here. It’s taken a handful of viewings for me to realize how many near-parallels there are between the Tenenbaums and my own family. 

I wish Chris was here.

“Biodigital jazz, man!”

To me, this is one of the coolest movies I’ve ever seen. It was when I was 8, and I’m happy to report it holds up. What a blast!

Such a distinct aesthetic that holds up so well. I can’t help but think the practical suit lighting went a long way. 

Daft punk showed up. 

Also, this version included sequences in the IMAX ratio, which gave that much more juice.

“Everyone’s sorry for something.” / “What truck?”

We saw this scored live by the Nashville Symphony! 

Stand-out score moments:
- Spiders in the cave
- Plane take off with Jock (Indy theme!)
- Marion’s “death”
- Staff in the map room
- “What truck?”
- Indy on the submarine
- Sand in the Ark (piano)
- Credits, baby

“Ask me something!”

A few good laughs and a heavy heart for this guy. I ached for Craig - it’s not good for man to be alone and it’s so easy for him to be. I expected a strange comedy (which was there to be sure), but I found a harrowing look at the near-impossibility of having fulfilling friendships in a technology-dominated-nuclear-family-formula-ed-image-driven-society. Be good to your friends, friends. 

Yay for movie theaters and Tim Robinson and silly movies that look good.

“Letting the days go by.”

Lovely and lively viewing party with friends. Most of the crew hadn’t seen it before, but nearly everyone started singing when “It Must Be The Place” began.

(5/11)
“Me too, kid.”

I’ve been holding onto this as my birthday movie pick and we finally got it going. We paused at the halfway mark because we got sleepy. We plan to finish in the morning. 

So much sauce here it’s hard to overstate.

—
(5/12)
“That was totally wicked!”

Finished it up over lunch. Yay.

“I’m here with you, Bob.”

What superhero movies can be.

“You wiggin’ out?”

Emma & I ed about 20 min in… didn’t plan to focus but it took my attention.

So cool! And affecting. Worth returning to in full, I thinks.

“Love you too.”

Ran it back in IMAX to catch the beginning and see the work in all its weight. 

I appreciated this even more on a rewatch! It’s deeply entertaining, emotive, mournful, and, at times despairing - which, from what I understand, is like the blues. 

Reflective rabbit-trail:

I’m struck by the way Sammie feels forced to choose between a life of faith and a life of fulfillment as a blues musician. This dichotomy seems to stem from the rigidity of his father’s religion, a rigidity that is both understandable, given what we hear about the twins’ father, and tragic, because it makes Sammie believe that the pleasures he experiences at the Juke t are entirely separate from and opposed to a life of faith. Sinners celebrates the embodied pleasures of life (drinking, dancing, music, sex, etc.) while making space for the consequences that can come with the misuse of these good gifts. Though its characters are beset with this dichotomy between pleasure and Christian faith, this film uplifts the way that the experience of pleasure, particularly with music, can have real spiritual significance. The final post-credit scene of the film feels to me like a hopeful gesture towards a world in which faith and the blues, purity and pleasure are reconciled. I’m holding onto that hope.

“The world is f*cked up.”

I was delighted to share this with Emma.

So funny and sad and layered. A creative powerhouse and a desperate prayer. I love it.

“I love you.”

I missed the first 10 min but glad I caught the rest. So much pain. The blues played out on screen in blood? So much pain.. and brotherly love.

Those epilogues did a lot for me. 

This video convinced me to buy my ticket.

My first horror movie theater experience!

“Hope is kindled.”

What a journey, what a story. The Green Hills Well team made it there and back again and ever on and on through this wonderful trilogy.

This is only my second viewing of the theatrical edition. Though there are some criminal exclusions (blooming tree of the kings, I’m looking at you), the pacing of this version felt great.

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“And when the glad shout had swelled up and died away again, to Sam's final and complete satisfaction and pure joy, a minstrel of Gondor stood forth, and knelt, and begged leave to sing.

And behold! he said:
'Lo! lords and knights and men of valour unashamed, kings and princes, and fair people of Gondor, and Riders of Rohan, and ye sons of Elrond, and Dúnedain of the North, and Elf and Dwarf, and greathearts of the Shire, and all free folk of the West, now listen to my lay. For I will sing to you of Frodo of the Nine Fingers and the Ring of Doom.'

And when Sam heard that he laughed aloud for sheer delight, and he stood up and cried: 'O great glory and splendour! And all my wishes have come true!' And then he wept.

And all the host laughed and wept, and in the midst of their merriment and tears the clear voice of the minstrel rose like silver and gold, and all men were hushed. And he sang to them, now in the Elven-tongue, now in the speech of the West, until their hearts, wounded with sweet words, overflowed, and their joy was like swords, and they ed in thought out to regions where pain and delight flow together and tears are the very wine of blessedness.”

The Lord of the Rings, 932.

“I can’t help myself!”

First stop on the Fear Not! watch through, in which I watch movies mentioned by Josh Larsen in his book that encouragingly engages with Horror films from a Christian perspective. 

Grateful for his guidance and a girlfriend who’ll watch movies like this with me :)

“…where nothing means nothing.”

Poly and I broke out my Blu-ray for the first time. 

This. Thing. Looks. Gorgeous.

And this is such a slow, vulnerable version of what this movie could be. The viewer’s attention is consistently directed to the pains and dreams that make Frank who he is, not just what makes him impressive or interesting. There is plenty of cool stuff in this movie, but it’s always alongside a meaningful exploration of Frank’s emotions. Style & substance, baby!

“We cannot escape our fate, but we can rise to meet it.”

A profound portrayal of peacemaking and lovely night at the movies with friends.

“We’re on a mission from God.”

What a ride!

I’m astounded by the practical effects in this thing. 

Good good fun.

“People will come, Ray.”

This is my dad‘s favorite movie. I wish he could’ve been there to see it with me, but I’m glad I went all the same.

For all its misguided nostalgia, this thing feels and it shines. And it’s darn gorgeous! The opening corn field shots looked magical on the big screen. James Earl Jones is an unparalleled presence.

Two more important details:
- There was an introduction given at this showing by Willie Steele, a professor of English at Lipscomb and the author of two books about WP Kinsella, the man who wrote the book this film was based on. It was so cool to hear him share the context of this story and its creation.
- I ate a hotdog at the theater. I didn’t have time for dinner otherwise, and it felt fitting. No regrets.

“A Happy St Patrick’s Day to all!”

Year 2 of the annual St Patrick’s Day The Fugitive Watch Party! A lovely gathering of friends with snacks and Guinness and a darn good movie.

I’m inspired to wear suits with jeans. That last Ford outfit is who I want to become. My mom bought me a blazer from J Crew because I thought it looked like that one. Now I just the need the shirt and tie. A man can dream.

Parting thought: This is popcorn High & Low and Heat for people with hope. A great triple feature.

“Love the world and be happy again.”

That’s what this movie helps me to do. The colors and the movements and the music! A delight. An awesome introduction for Emma and revisit for Kristen and I. 

Watching this and Tangerine in the same day felt like visiting the polar peaks of cinema.

“Merry m*f*ing Christmas.”

Stunning! In both its form and its content, Tangerine began by dismantling my preconceptions about what movies & people should be like. Then slowly but surely, it taught to me see beauty and care in places I wouldn’t have been willing to look, all while taking seriously the brokenness and pain at play in the lives it shows on screen. 

I’m a fan. 

You know what I’m also a fan of? Watching movies in the morning with my boy Poly. Pour over and pastries and cinemaaaaa 🔥🏄‍♂️☀️

“I just miss you, it’s as simple as that.” 

Red curry & good company & this weird awesome awesome weird movie. 

The sounds and textures and imagined tastes! A twisted but resolute image of the compromise that love requires. 

All love to Caleb Dillender, Josh Larsen, and the city of Chicago.

This review may contain spoilers.

“Are you f*cking serious right now?”

I don’t know how to hold a lot of this. That’s ok.

Anora begins with so much color and noise.
It ends in tones of gray and with the sound of sobbing giving way to silence. And the snow - falling and falling, quiet as tears, making the world cold, making the world new. Sheesh.

Friends, I have officially seen all 10 films nominated for Best Picture at the 97th Academy Awards! I’m grateful and proud of myself. Thanks for following along if you did. 

Best Pic Noms: 10/10

“…in the meantime, take care of yourself!”

I liked this! Part of why I’ve been excited about watching the best picture nominees is because its inviting me to watch movies I wouldn’t normally say yes to or are outside of my comfort zone. This one definitely fits that bill, and I’m surprised by how much I appreciated it.

This movie leaves subtlety at the door. It makes up for it with a fierce, focused, unflinching look at what our desires can do to us when we’re desperate.

I don’t feel qualified to judge how this movie engages with beauty standards and body image, but to me, it feels like a weighty examination of the internal violence those pressures can cause.

I really rocked with how this movie visually communicates its story. The way the various portraits are damaged throughout the film feels sharp, not to mention the bodily changes that occurs to the characters (yikes!). I especially love the palm trees as an anchoring image and how many different feelings were communicated with them.

My favorite tidbit is how the door to the pick-up facility only opened a few feet off the ground. Like the tea-room of Sen No Rikyu, those who wish to enter are forced to bow. What we worship shapes what we become. Sheesh.

Best Pic Noms: 9/10

Watched on Wednesday February 26, 2025.

“…in Jesus name, amen.”

A wonderfully unexciting glimpse into the life/heart/mind of a man that has encouraged me and many of friends. God is disappointing and better than we can hope.

From a song Squyres hasn’t released yet: “I’m pretty sure the love of God is always gonna last, so let’s all go to Taco Bell and get a Baja Blast.” That’s it right there.

*I’m logging this late because I forgot*

“If we can’t see the good in each other, we’ve already lost the fight.”

Expectedly underwhelming in most ways, but not without its merit.

It’s good to see Sam as Cap without qualification. 
I felt that this story plays to his strengths as a
character. He is, at heart, a soldier and a counselor. It felt fitting for the climax of the film to feature his ability to speak to the pain of another and bring them to a place of acceptance and peace. Maybe that’s his super power. I also really appreciated the film’s treatment of Ross and his motivations. There was a touch of nuance and care given to what has previously been a fairly flatly written character. Mackie and Ford bring presence and weight to some poorly written parts, and that’s worth something.

On paper, I honestly found this movie’s story to be an interesting engagement with the presidency and a creative re-engagement with corners of the MCU most try to forget (The Incredible Hulk & Eternals). The execution was just deeply disappointing and endemic to the quality of filmmaking Marvel is willing to put out. It may feel like we’ve lost the fight for Marvel, but I’m choosing to see the good until it’s all gone.

Love Sam, Bucky, and Steve. They’ve brought me joy over the years and I haven’t forgotten.

“Some dreams slip away. Yes, I know.” / “…inside, he must worship at the altar of only himself.” / “This is what they gave me on the boat for my broken face.” 

I found this deeply upsetting, and I think for good reasons.

The Brutalist is an aching, guilt-laden portrayal of the twisted, tragic cycle of trauma & longing & sin that is in so many ways the story of our country and our world. Hurt people hurt people hurt people hurt people, and on it goes. There’s disappointment and selfish decisions and ugliness around every concrete corner, and at the dark, shadowy, vacant, hard core of beauty is the shadow of a cross. 

On a lighter note, I set a timer for the intermission that I forgot to cancel. When act 2 began, I thought the sound was a part of the scene, and I let it ring for over a minute. Thankfully, this movie is so long that we didn’t miss too much :)

Best Pic Noms: 8/10

“Here’s looking at you, kid” 

^I had to. Wild to hear three of the most famous movie quotes and to hear them work.

A lovely movie and afternoon at the Belcourt with dear people! Those shadows and lines, man…

“Run!”

Graham was running this in the living room and Carter and I ended up ing. We turned the sound down so Carter could tell us a story or two and left it down for the ending - it didn’t need it, really. This movie was movie-ing, and that’s okay.

“Smile.” / “When did you bury him?”

A heart-breaking (and true) story told well. I appreciated the way this film depicted the life of the family with such vibrancy. The loss that follows hurts as much as it does because of this, but it didn't strike me as emotionally manipulative. The beauty and joy and love seen along the way endure alongside the tragedy, and both feel stronger because of it.

Also, I don’t feel equipped to offer any commentary on the political nature of this movie, except that it’s a healthy reminder that the lives we lead are never not connected to what’s going on around us. We ought to care, even at a cost.

I bought a Belcourt sweatshirt, guys. Get excited.

Best Pic Noms: 7/10

“I don’t know.”

A really solid movie! It seemed to hold
the tensions that come with this kind of movie really well (historicity/mythology, accessibility/depth, realism/romanticism, etc). Every performance felt pitch perfect. All love to Timmy!

Also, this is a cool case study in the dynamics between inspiration, artist, art, audience, and legacy. It’s a complicated thing, and this movie makes space for it.

I left with more interest in and appreciation for Bob Dylan than I came with, and I think that’s a win.

Yay for movie date!

Best Pic Noms: 6/10

“To listen is to accept.”

I have decided to try to watch all of the Best Picture Nominees! This marks the half-way point :)

I came into Emilia Pérez with plenty of negative preconceptions, and they weren’t unfounded. Thought it is far from coherent or compelling, there were a few moments that I found genuinely exciting/interesting. Zoe Saldaña showed up for this!

2025 Best Pic Noms: 5/10

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Movie with mom!

A colorful course in visual storytelling and a piercing parable about the difficult and worthwhile venture of living in diverse community. 

I’m in love with the way water looks in this movie.

“Your friends are with you, Aragorn.”

Round 2, babyeeeeeeee.

A fun time with my friends from the Well.

“They call me Mr. Tibbs.”

Stylish and scary and SIDNEY. His presence and performance is powerful.

Good night at the movies with Caleb. At one point, he leaned over to me and whispered, “this rules.” Agreed.

“We’re here to become human again.”

A patient, poetic film that helps you feel the weight of another’s suffering and teaches you to hope with them beyond it.

There’s so much goodness here, and I’m glad I got to share it with some beloved friends.

I also wrote a bit about this film in my year-end movie reflection. Check it out here if you’d like.

“This is isn’t how it should be.”

Stunning. It made me feel the weight of someone’s suffering more heavily than any movie I can . Worth seeing and talking about.

“These things take time.” / “Somebody get Jed a cup of coffee.”

Lovely and wonderfully unambitious.

A different corner of Wes-world that has some unique colors, camera moves and cast /performances. I am (unsurprisingly) a fan.

Love my friends!

“Well, it seems I’m not the only one who actually enjoyed that.”

This thing just rocks. The kids (and adults) on the bus thought so too. Sadly the disc was scratched, so we missed 30 min the middle.

To make up for the lost time, we watched the first 30 of Sing 2. So good.

“There’s a lot more to racing than just winning.”

This was on the tv in the bus I’m riding to a youth retreat in KY. I wasn’t watching for most of it, but I caught some highlights. Some of the most memorable needles drops, and that ending still hits.

“My king.”

The Well Green Hills staff Lord of the Rings adventure has begun!

I’m so grateful for a group of coworkers who show up for each other and want to share their lives, loves, and laughter. It’s a real gift to have real community with the people I work with, and it’s not lost on me.

We’ve been excited to put this together, and it finally happened. Some of us are learned in LOTR lore, and for others this is a first time watch. We were locked and laughing and leaning in. Amen.

Can’t wait for the next round.

“I can’t have it both ways!”

Ran it back with the boys. So solid. Composition & colors go crazy. It holds the tensions inherent to Batman stories so well (darkness/silliness, moral clarity/ambiguity, groundedness/fantasy). Honestly emotional too.

Heck yea. I love it when friends love things I love.

“I love you too!”

Shew. This movie helped me give my attention and emotion to an experience of life different from my own that I often feel compelled to ignore. I ignore because I feel unequipped to help and overwhelmed by my privilege. I feel insecure even expressing this for fear that I will say it wrong. Watching this movie felt like a small way of waking up from that ignorance. I want to stay awake. 

The Florida Project reminds me that there is love and light and color and laughter everywhere. God is at work everywhere. Christ plays in ten thousand places, even in spit on a windshield. 

Smiles for Willem, but he is rightfully the second/third fiddle here.

“Does it hurt”
“Only when I breathe.”

Belcourt with the boys! 

I really enjoyed this. Nicholson is stellar. The fits are unparalleled. The filmmaking felt understated but really strong. 

In our post-screening parking lot convo, we talked about the moment when Evelyn finally tells Jake the whole story. To me, his response felt pivotal for his character, like he finally put the game/act aside and humbly accepted his duty to help, however imperfectly.

Who knows? Good stuff all around.

“You walk the edge of that abyss every night.”

Great way to end a snow day!

Gorgeous and gritty and more than I could hope for. Honestly one of if not my favorite Batman movies. And in 74 min? Come on!

“We need more heat. We need more juice.”

^the boys take on the current state of movies (hehe). What a blast. 

Still reckoning with the fact that Ben Gates is maybe not a great guy (particularly towards
Abigail).

Keitel! Voight! Plummer! Some all-timers on the court.

There’s a shot at the start where Plummer’s face fades to ancient Egypt and his left eye lingers over a pyramid to make the illuminati symbol. Epic. 

Happy snow day!

“I’m not a hero.”

It’s been awhile since I’ve see this. Cool beans. Barbecues & ballgames? More like cafes in Italy. Know what I’m saying? But we’re not there yet. 

Yay for Nolan!

“Look at yer!”

I’m about the aesthetics - that aspect ratio and the black and white. I’d love to flip through a book of stills from this. 
 
Beyond that… I’m lost.

• Blood Simple
• Chinatown
• Nickel Boys
• Sing Sing
• In the Heat of the Night
• Flow
• A Complete Unknown
• I'm Still Here
• Casablanca
• The Brutalist

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• My Neighbor Totoro
• The Night of the Hunter
• Bo Burnham: Inside
• Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
• Won't You Be My Neighbor?
• The Sound of Music
• Les Misérables
• There Will Be Blood
• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
• Bright Star

...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

A short list of movies to watch as I read through Josh Larsen’s book Fear Not! A Christian Appreciation of Horror Movies

• The Wolf Man
• Train to Busan

• Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
• The Phoenician Scheme
• Eddington
• Wicked: For Good
• One Battle After Another

• 12 Angry Men
• A Face in the Crowd
• High and Low
• Mean Streets
• The Royal Tenenbaums
• Thief

• Fallen Leaves
• Soul
• The Boy and the Heron
• My Dinner with Andre
• Babette's Feast
• His Girl Friday
• Sometimes I Think About Dying
• The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
• Dune: Part Two
• Spider-Man

...plus 23 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

The Ringer has a podcast called The Rewatchables. This is a list of the movies whose episodes I have listened to!

• Collateral
• Top Gun: Maverick
• Mission: Impossible – Fallout
• Heat
• When Harry Met Sally...
• No Country for Old Men
• There Will Be Blood
• Spider-Man
• The Royal Tenenbaums
• Thief

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Letterboxd only lets you list your top 4 movies - this is a collection of all of my faves. The 4 on my profile are my favorites at the moment, and it continues to change as I (re)watch more movies!
(Order of list is alphabetical)

• 12 Angry Men
• The Batman
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• Dune
• s Ha
• The Green Knight
• Knives Out
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• The Muppet Christmas Carol
• Nacho Libre

...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Where as my watchlist is a catchall, this is for movies I want to watch in the near future. Fun stuff!

• The Boy and the Heron
• All We Imagine as Light
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Some movies just get me really excited and so I yell when something cool happens. These are those movies.

• Spider-Man
• Spider-Man 2
• The Young Girls of Rochefort

• Anora
• The Brutalist
• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Pérez
• I'm Still Here
• Nickel Boys
• The Substance
• Wicked

Meaningful movies I watched in 2024. I wrote about a few of them here.

• The Boy and the Heron
• The Godfather
• My Dinner with Andre
• Mean Streets
• Roma
• Dune: Part Two
• There Will Be Blood
• Volver
• Children of Men
• No Country for Old Men

...plus 20 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• How to Train Your Dragon
• The Adventures of Tintin
• Moonrise Kingdom
• The Boy and the Heron
• Chef
• RRR

• Stop Making Sense
• Moonrise Kingdom
• The Young Girls of Rochefort

Josh Larsen and Adam Kempenar host a movie podcast that I enjoy. These are the movies featured in episode’s that I’ve listened to.

• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
• The Swan
• The Rat Catcher
• Poison
• Paris, Texas
• Sing Sing
• Magnolia

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Night of the Hunter
• Psycho
• s Ha
• High and Low
• A Face in the Crowd

Chris & I have a shared collection of physical films. This is all we got!

• 12 Angry Men
• The Adventures of Tintin
• The Amazing Spider-Man 2
• The Avengers
• Batman Begins
• The Bourne Ultimatum
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• Casino
• Children of Men
• Collateral

...plus 21 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• We Live in Time
• Conclave
• The Sacrifice
• The Princess Diaries
• Pulp Fiction
• The Third Man
• Flow
• The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

• The Conversation
• Isle of Dogs
• High and Low
• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
• At The Roadhouse

The order is in pairs, so take them two at a time (if that makes sense?)

• Big Night
• Babette's Feast
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Children of Men
• There Will Be Blood
• The Night of the Hunter
• 12 Angry Men
• Rear Window
• Thief
• Mean Streets

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

September of Shame is a chance for you to watch movies you are shamed for not having seen & that you want to watch. Love to founder & friend Jack Tucker. the fun!

• Brave
• The French Dispatch
• Get Out
• GoodFellas
• Inside Llewyn Davis
• Lady Bird
• Magnolia
• The Matrix
• Memento
• Psycho

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
• Twisters
• The Young Girls of Rochefort
• Won't You Be My Neighbor?
• s Ha
• The Way Way Back
• Surf's Up
• Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension
• My Neighbor Totoro

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Won't You Be My Neighbor?
• Dune
• Dune: Part Two
• The Night of the Hunter
• Soul
• Anastasia

Musicals I have seen and like :)

• Hamilton
• In the Heights
• tick, tick... BOOM!
• Les Misérables
• The Muppet Christmas Carol
• The Muppets
• Muppets Most Wanted
• Hairspray
• The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
• The Young Girls of Rochefort

• Lady Bird
• 12 Angry Men
• Spirited Away
• Once Upon a Time in the West

(Maybe) black & white movies from around the 1950s that Caleb and I have watched or can watch at midday

• The Night of the Hunter
• 12 Angry Men
• Rope
• It's a Wonderful Life
• Hiroshima Mon Amour
• Ikiru
• The 400 Blows
• The Seventh Seal
• The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
• Bicycle Thieves

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Una clase de español en Belmont en cual vemos películas en español. ¡Qué divertido!

• Wild Tales
• The Motorcycle Diaries
• The Last Summer in La Boyita
• Roma
• Maria Full of Grace
• Like Water for Chocolate
• Even the Rain
• The Aura
• The Sea Inside
• Son of the Bride

...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

My running list of sci-fi watches & faves

• Interstellar
• Arrival
• Dune
• The Martian
• Inception
• Blade Runner 2049
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Dune: Part Two
• Children of Men

made by chris!

• GoodFellas
• The Godfather
• The Godfather Part II
• Scarface
• Mean Streets
• The Irishman
• Casino
• Donnie Brasco
• The Departed
• Public Enemies

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

This is a list of movies I watched for the first time in 2023 that mean something to me. They have moved me, taught me, and/or amazed me. They are a part of my imagination moving forward. I wrote some reflections on a few of these films. If you are interested, check it out on my substack: mikeyrogers.substack.com/p/movies-i-carry-with-me-2023

• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• s Ha
• It's a Wonderful Life
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

...plus 13 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Movies I like to watch in December - old, new, and unorthodox.

• The Muppet Christmas Carol
• It's a Wonderful Life
• The Santa Clause
• Elf
• The Holiday
• Christmas with the Kranks
• Love Actually
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
• 12 Dates of Christmas
• The Green Knight

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

10-ish movies that I’m ashamed to have not seen - that I will see in September. Love to Jack Tucker for being the man behind this movement.

• Spirited Away
• The Godfather
• Little Women
• It's a Wonderful Life
• The Silence of the Lambs
• Casablanca
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
• Good Will Hunting
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• The Grand Budapest Hotel

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
• Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
• RRR
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Asteroid City
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning

...plus 11 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Knives Out
• Death on the Nile
• The Batman
• Sherlock Holmes
• See How They Run
• 12 Angry Men
• Glass Onion
• A Haunting in Venice

These are the movies I watched for my film experience class - Fall 2022 at Belmont University

• Citizen Kane
• Little Big Man
• Bartholomew's Song
• Death to the Tinman
• The Big Charade
• Paris, Texas
• The Night of the Hunter
• 2001: A Space Odyssey

A category of movies defined by Patrick Willems as those with the trappings of traditional action/spy movies that prioritize experience over plot.

The 4 traits of VIBE movies:
1. Glamour
2. Loneliness
3. Spectacle
4. Momentum

Tenet is the prime example.

• Tenet
• Mission: Impossible – Fallout
• Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
• Casino Royale
• Skyfall

these are movies I am watching for my Faith & Beauty class at Belmont U, fall ‘22.

• Babette's Feast
• Waste Land
• Soul

All movies discussed within my brother and I's podcast, Roger, Roger.

You can find it on Apple Podcasts and Buzzsprout!

• Chasing Mavericks

  Episode 1

• Knives Out

  Episode 3

• Doctor Strange

  Episode 4

• WandaVision