Georges Méliès (1861-1938) was cinema’s first great director.
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Playing Cards (1896)
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Amsterdam (2022)
Something occurred to me about five minutes into Amsterdam, and it basically ruined the movie for me:
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Mulholland Dr. (2001)
There is an irony that one of the best Hollywood movies of the past quarter century is centrally about how toxic and destructive moviemaking is.
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Role Models (2008)
Many comedians and filmmakers got a boost during the Judd Apatow surge of the late 2000s.
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Shrek 2 (2004)
The original Shrek is a movie that is easy to both underrate and overrate for reasons outside of the film itself.
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Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
For all the striking stylistic elements of Moonrise Kingdom, my favorite thing about it might be its simple, effective story.
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Game Night (2018)
Game Night is a few tweaks away from being a great movie.
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I Love You, Man (2009)
I Love You, Man is not a Judd Apatow film, but you’d be forgiven for thinking it was.
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Lady Bird (2017)
Upon Lady Bird’s release in 2017, the teen cinema intelligentsia immediately declared it one of the all-time great teen comedies.
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Say Anything… (1989)
Say Anything is a film that grows with you.