Let me tell you about my favorite experience in a cinema, ever.

It was October 21, 2001 in New York City. Mulholland Drive had just come out. I was so excited to watch this movie, but also a little scared. David Lynch was my favorite director, but he had been slipping as of late (yes, The Straight Story is a good film and all but it was nothing to write home about). This would actually be my first experience of…

I being disappointed the first time I saw Lost in Translation.

I blame the trailer, which made it look like a quirky romp through Tokyo, with Bill Murray telling Scarlett Johansson " I'm trying to organize a prison break. We have to first get out of this bar, then the hotel, then the city, and then the country. Are you in or you out?" Intercut with shots of them running, all set to Elvis Costello's "(What's So Funny 'Bout)…

Wow, I think this is a first.

Watching Andor before Rogue One simultaneously enriches the experience but also makes the film pale in comparison.

Enriches because suddenly you actually care about these people, which ittedly was always a weakness with Rogue One. I cheered when Cassian called out Melshi. The slight smile Mon Mothma makes when she finds out that iral Raddus took a fleet out to Scarif is magnified x 1000 knowing everything she's been through. Everything K2SO says…

In my final year in college, I found myself obsessed with two artists.

The first one: Björk Guðmundsdóttir. I it, I found her really annoying in HIgh School, to the point that I kind of hated her. Then I heard "Venus as a Boy". Then she released Post. Then, that Spike Jonze video of "It's Oh So Quiet". And then, Homogenic, a truly miraculous album. When she released her duet with Thom Yorke, "I've Seen It All" from this movie,…