“I no longer fall in love with rocks.”

Sometimes something is inexplicably perfect. Take, for example, the ending of Julia Donaldson’s children’s classic, The Gruffalo. Telling the charming story of a quick-witted, clever little mouse who evades assailant after assailant (including a fox, an owl, a snake, and the titular monster) on his way through the forest, Donaldson’s rhyme scheme and plucky tale recall the simple delights of Dr. Seuss. The Mouse is small and fragile and susceptible to nature’s inherent predation—it is the way of things. But he is able to subvert the natural course of events with a keen understanding of the importance of words (and a little bit of bravado and good cheer). Finally, after he has…

99/100

Don Hertzfeldt's World of Tomorrow might just be THE film of the 2010s decade so far, and it's only 16 minutes long. Hertzfeldt has been building up to something, and with the story of Bill in It's Such a Beautiful day, he crafted a masterpiece that many haven't even seen. World of Tomorrow isn't just a masterpiece; It's that something that he has been building towards since the beginning of his career.

This film is a game changer. Plain and simple. Overflowing with humor, melancholy, despair, innocence, beauty, horror, and connection; Don Hertzfeldt's latest takes less than a quarter of an hour and constructs a masterwork that will make you laugh, cry, and feel intimately passionate about the state…

Damn you, Mr. Hertzfeldt.

'That's the thing about the present. You only appreciate it when it's the past.'

'Live well and live broadly'

'Now is the envy of all of the dead'

It's funny how easy it is to forget all the things you know that are true. In Holland we have a Nation's Thinker. Something of a poet laureate of Philosophy. The previous Nation's Thinker was diagnosed with cancer, which he initially combatted successfully, only to have it return later giving him a date of sorts on which his life would end. In a very candid interview he gave not long before he died he showed what happens when a great thinker is confronted with his own mortality. He…

Forgive the pretentious question… But what is a movie?

It’s a query that came to mind as I dived into… Whatever this is. It’s also been a conundrum that has been on my mind after diving into directors such as Bergman and Fellini. Well, not really a conundrum… I’ve been viewing my recent film consumption as the basis of certain arguments: Namely, that storytelling is fundamental to human civilization and the universe of movies (what is and what is to come) have become an essential part of that paradigm.

Using that as a basis I’ve argued in previous reviews that in terms of intention – let me repeat that again – IN TERMS OF INTENTION – there isn’t that much…