I suppose there’s no point trotting out the Laurence Olivier line about acting, since Jennifer Lawrence isn’t someone you cast for her performance, and I have nothing against her, but this really is silly.

I adore PTA’s work but the number of filmmakers living in a parallel, Covid-less reality is shocking.

Hey, I think there may be something wrong with your Enter key—your articles keep putting paragraph breaks after each sentence. Kind of like speed bumps every two meters on a road.

Thanos is a /really/ bad example. But your point still stands.

Gotta say, the constant compression artifacts and poor quality of the interview segments are very unfortunate, given the subject.

Finally, some recognition! This was one of the most thoughtfully constructed and beautiful movies in recent memories. Really appreciate the deep dive here, especially the bit about trying to work out the look onset—the more I learn about filmmaking, the more I understand how difficult decisions can become when you leave them all for postproduction.