March in Review

MOVIES
Favorite: None truly stole my heart but let's give Boy & the World an honorable mention.
Least Favorite: There wasn't a dud in the bunch
Saddest: Son of Saul
Funniest: Where to Invade Next, in Michael Moore's way
Funnest: Hail, Caesar!
Most Surprising: The Lady in the Van
Important Stuff: Embrace of the Serpent
It's Art, Dad: Anomalisa
Missed Connections: Tangerine, Clueless, The Wisdom to Survive, Shaft, The Clean Bin Project Was TCBP super annoying or surprisingly charming?
Anticipating: Springtime bike rides to the theater. Also Eraserhead and The Maltese Falcon

STATS
March Movies: 8
Would-a-Cost: $128
Total Movies YTD: 24
Would-a-Cost YTD: $384
Cosmic Dual Membership: $450 - I think we'll break even in April!

Outside the Roxy
Pitch Perfect II, HBO
The Detroit episode of Togetherness, HBO - maybe a Whites on Display version but, I'd say, not inaccurate
It's Great That Garry Shandling is Still Alive
Iceman Reborn, PBS
La Maravilla by Alfredo Véa, Jr.

Son of Saul

Movie: Son of Saul
When: 5:30pm on March 3
Who With: JL
Movie Count: 17
Snacks: Who remembers? Popcorn and Cold Smoke is my guess.

Reaction: Intense. I had never considered the operation of gas chambers during the Holocaust beyond knowing the concept and knowing it is horrible. Son of Saul follows Saul through his duties of rushing people through undressing and into "showers," and the clean up of clothes, blood, and bodies afterward. It is not an easy movie, heightened by the visual focus on Saul with everything beyond him blurry.

If you have the chance, see it. But make plans to hang out with a baby or puppies afterwards. It will help.

Recommendation: Let’s Go(! the exclamation point seems gauche here) | Let it come to you  | Let it pass
Next Up: Where to Invade Next - Michael Moore's latest