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Romancing the Stone (1984)

Romancing the Stone’s biggest problem is that its opening is too good.

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I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)

So often, you hear great filmmakers talk about their love of film in spiritual terms.

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Sam & Kate (2022)

You may as well call it Nepo Baby: The Movie.

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Get Him to the Greek (2010)

Forgetting Sarah Marshall is one of my favorite movies and has been from the moment I first saw it in theaters as a sophomore in college.

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Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2009)

Damien Chazelle is not yet 40 years old, but is one of the most exciting American filmmakers working today.

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Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)

In one of the first scenes of Three Thousand Years of Longing, narratologist and protagonist Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) describes the lost art of storytelling.

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She Said (2022)

She Said is an “eat your veggies” movie.

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Mickey Saves Christmas (2022)

Mickey Saves Christmas is neat, but is that the bar we want to aim for?

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The House (2022)

Stop motion, despite its fussiness and limitations, is one of the most expressive forms of film.

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Bah, Humduck!: A Looney Tunes Christmas (2006)

I have not done a thorough search, but Bah, Humduck appears to be the first Christmas Carol adaptation in Looney Tunes history.