With each passing revisit, the initial infatuation fades and is replaced with a greater fondness and appreciation for just how lovingly crafted this thing is. It's the kind of film that makes you want to retroactively lower your rating for everything else, because it's just that good.

When rewatching, it’s the little details that stand out strongest. Laurie dancing with all four March sisters on separate occasions. The dreamlike quality of the warm and hazy flashback sequences emphasised by characters…

I’ve often found it to be the case that it’s more challenging to put into words the films which mean the most to you, but I’m gonna give this a go anyway.

This is easily Wes at his most visually and narratively ambitious. After all, it’s centered around a caper so grand that he had to create an entire fictional country simply to contain all the elaborate set pieces he had planned. Thankfully, his execution is not at all lackluster,…