More than forty years later, Star Wars still puts most popcorn cinema since to shame.
Star Wars (1977)

More than forty years later, Star Wars still puts most popcorn cinema since to shame.
I watched this early silent on my phone while waiting in the Sunoco lobby for my car inspection and service to finish.
While I am not exactly the target audience for this movie, I still dug the hell out of it. John Cameron Mitchell is mind-blowingly incandescent as Hedwig in all her petulance but also strength and beauty.
I must confess I spent a significant portion of this movie’s runtime bewildered.
As I started watching this time, I tried counting how many quotes I’ve referenced, or had referenced to me, in actual conversations before.
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It’s tough for me to articulate how important this movie was for me:
Oct 2022 update: I wrote an expanded review of this, which you’ll find here.
Believe it or not, last year was the first time I ever watched Nightmare from start to finish, and I was completely smitten.