I feel like Jarmusch is getting more and more delightful in his old age (I jest, Jim, I jest!)
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Feeling Minnesota 1996
This movie sucks, but it's definitely of its time:
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Titanic 1997
They showed this at Videology before trivia (yes, I get to trivia more than three hours before it begins) and by the end of the movie there was a packed house that was cheering and applauding the last scene (which I maintain is the reason the film became such a phenomenon with people re-watching it theaters over and over again).
This movie is the best.
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Shakespeare in Love 1998
I had forgotten just how wonderful and clever this film is. Especially in its plotting, how it leans into every Shakespearean trope and twist and reveals them for the wonderful devices they are and as the building blocks for almost any romantic comedy. It's so devoutly reverential (Shakespeare's poetry is literally transformative for almost every character) and at the same time so up-front about how mercenary and formulaic his plot process could be. Then this happens, then that happens, etc.,…
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The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014
I definitely haven't liked a Wes Anderson film nearly this much since Tenenbaums. Justifies so many of the things that usually make it a struggle for me to really connect to his films. Loved that the preciousness and arrangement and stateliness are all part of a larger way of life that's being swept away/is used to cover up the ugliness that really pervaded Europe in this era. Oh man.