A pluvial melancholy. Sad, lonely people wading through a general malaise and the detritus of broken lives.
What I have to say on Magnolia will be scattershot, potentially incomplete, but I think that’s appropriate given the movie being discussed.
An incredible ensemble cast are running an acting clinic here. Tom Cruise is doing the best work of his career; "I won't cry for you", floors me. I miss Philip Seymour Hoffman terribly.
Is it long? Yes. But I don't feel the…