I'll second that. An odd movie, with some creakiness from its origins on stage, but it shines as a sensitively observed depiction of a small town haunted by its past.

I'll second that. An odd movie, with some creakiness from its origins on stage, but it shines as a sensitively observed depiction of a small town haunted by its past.

Weekend is the only apocalyptic traffic jam movie I'll ever need! Ah, the good old days when the collapse of capitalism led to bloody roadside vignettes. Seriously though, that's a cool scene.

He looks old and respectable in a middle-aged sort of way in that trailer…how is that even possible?

He looks old and respectable in a middle-aged sort of way in that trailer…how is that even possible?

Glen Hansard and Iron and Wine? More like a going-to-bed playlist. Last year's Hideout Block Party was pretty decent, but I'll be skipping this one.

Glen Hansard and Iron and Wine? More like a going-to-bed playlist. Last year's Hideout Block Party was pretty decent, but I'll be skipping this one.

The War Game, anyone? Hell, just about anything by Peter Watkins. There's something about that matter-of-fact presentation that makes it hard to forget.

Semi-racist subtext, noted and not appreciated, sir.

All that Shelley Duvall bit needs is glitter and more Shelley Duvalls and there's your chorus line right there.

What is it with you people and your relentless thirst for violence?

"The Kings' Speech": Buckingham Palace burns down, forcing the titular Kings to cancel their appearance and fail to bring their stuttering message of hope to a war-weary nation.

IT'S FAKE IT'S ALL FAKE

Hipsters! Oh, wait.

Why bother suing?
They'll just do it, and do it, and do it, and do it again!

Maybe John Krasinski is some sort of archetypal marriageable man
but it felt pretty satisfying when his relationship in Away We Go worked out. Also, that seemed like an unusually honest portrayal of what an incarnation of a "non-doomed" couple might look like with twenty-somethings in the 21st century.