Second time around, and this was my first Coens just a little while ago. (i.e. Freshman year). Very clearly a lot darker than their other films, but I do think that gives this one a sense of terror in its goofiness. I honestly think it's incredibly sad and undeniably hilarious to see these misfits try to excuse themselves from the lord as if it's a form of grace, especially in America. But I also just really think that the grittiness…

"I myself feel perfectly safe."

People have been calling this one a delight (and, I mean, it is) but it's also one of Anderson's darker stories told in his lighthearted style. It takes all of the small things he wanted to do in his previous films (but couldn't) and put a few of them into a story about sabotage, business, international headlines, etc. If Grand Budapest, French Dispatch, and Asteroid City were the nostalgic/cheerful/depressive interpretations of dealing with a past…

The American revitalization of the Ozu method adapted into Mike Leigh's playground of wonders. It's genuinely wonderful to see Bartuska 1) become more and more akin when it comes to taking good care of his characters and 2) show the simple capabilities of using whatever tools at your disposal to make something truly heartfelt and hilarious with your friends. The simple act of comfortably existing within the same hemisphere for over twenty years and just now realizing that things are…