Anora. The first half hour or so has a lot of party and club scenes and after a bit it feels like a tiktok feed. When it really dives into the story it gets good, with a lot of conflicting interests and very good performances. Overall my wife and I enjoyed it, and being rarely able to sit and watch a movie together lately that’s worth a lot.

I caught this in theater and it was really an experience. The sound was designed to rotate speakers around the audience in the third act to add to the disorienting effect of the lighthouse. I can’t say I love the movie overall, though I appreciate how ambitious it is, but it was the kind of theater experience that took me back to being a kid and watching the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park on the big screen. I haven’t had the heart to watch it since in case it doesn’t hold up on my humble home system.