Directed by Jeff Nichols Jeff Nichols' Take Shelter is a story about anxiety and marriage. He wrote the story in 2008, a year into his marriage and during the financial recession of that time. Those expected worries pervade every moment of this film, a story about a man convinced there's a storm of biblical proportions on … Continue reading Take Shelter (2011)
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Groundhog Day (1993)
Directed by Harold Ramis Groundhog Day is an existential comedy about a grumpy weatherman who must repeat the same unappealing day over and over again until he can figure out the right way to live. This is a premise-driven movie that never wastes time explaining why he's found himself in this time loop. Instead Phil … Continue reading Groundhog Day (1993)
A Quiet Place (2018)
Directed by John Krasinski A Quiet Place was quite the buzzed about movie for a little while there, and it only took me about half a year to catch up. I avoided the movie in theaters because, frankly, I'm terrible at watching horror movies. Every jump scare terrifies me, and this movie about deadly blind … Continue reading A Quiet Place (2018)
