Directed by John Hughes Goddamn this film is just so sweet. It's an odd couple pairing, the pursed lipped Steve Martin and blabber-mouthed John Candy, and yet it avoids certain cliches perhaps because the subtext of their discord is brought into the open so early in the film. Before any of their travels get too crazy … Continue reading Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
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We Are Columbine (2018)
Directed by Laura Farber We Are Columbine never once mentions the names of the perpetrators of the event which so loaded the term "Columbine." The documentary, directed by one of the survivors, instead focuses on the community and several of the students, all freshmen at the time, who were there during the shooting on April … Continue reading We Are Columbine (2018)
Fargo (1996)
Directed by Joel, Ethan Coen Marge Gunderson, Jerry Lundegaard and Gaear Grimsrud all feel like they've been pulled from vastly different movies. They are so unique, not just in personality but by the deepest codes by which they guide their own lives, and yet here in Fargo they will all cross paths because of a crime … Continue reading Fargo (1996)
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