You Should Also Watch - 2026
My mid-year check-in post.
My mid-year check-in post.
I watched a lot of movies last year. Fueled in part by my wife being deep in the grad school grind (Nurse Practitioner, thanks for asking), as well as the settling in of a bunch of habits, barely a day went by in which I didn't watch some
If you're just interested in my top ten, you can skip my preamble and other categories by clicking here. As 2026 dawns, I'm less certain than ever where this art form I love so much is headed. The financial health of the business continues to falter.
Summer has come and gone, and now we stare down the barrel of festival season.
"It might not be macho, but my goal is to keep you alive."
"What are you doing here?"
"Stupid...fuckin'......monsters!"
"I'll fix you before I fix your lock!"
"He sees you in a way we could never see our fathers - as a god."
"You wrote a masterpiece. Whether people know about it or not. That's forever."
"Places within the mind echo as landscapes."
"Listen...have you seen...a tiger?"
"The ones we lost, to The Sickness, they do not rest. They haunt our dreams."
"It is done."
Summer blockbuster season draws to a close, and festival season is about to begin.