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I finally watched Don’t Look Up on Netflix, and it is easily the most painfully real dark comedy out there. Instead of a typical sci-fi movie where heroes unite to stop a world-ending comet, it's a biting satire about what happens when a global crisis has to compete with viral social media trends, a shallow 24-hour news cycle, and greedy politicians. The star-studded cast—especially Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill—is phenomenal at making you laugh while simultaneously giving you an existential crisis. If you haven't seen it yet, go in expecting a sharp mirror held up to modern society rather than a standard disaster flick. For those who have watched it: did it make you laugh, or did it just leave you deeply stressed out?

I’ve been watching their channel for like 10 years but I haven’t seen Space Cop, or The Recovered, or Feeding Frenzy

Hello - I am having trouble finding the YMS review of the 2024 film "Misericordia." Perhaps this is a Mandela effect or something, but I swear he included it in one of his Tiff/Viff reviews in the last few years, but I cannot find it anywhere. Thanks!

https://youtu.be/qaZ9m2A2EGo?is=J6vxaKJALaiBDvvC

I mean he did produce the 2019 one

1. What is Depth?

An online blog 'homeforfiction' has an interesting definition for it being; 'the propensity of a text to indirectly explore various probabilities and follow them to appropriate narrative lengths'. In many ways Synecdoche New York is that, where we follow multitudes of characters, with shifting timelines, at some point introducing doubles for characters, playing other characters, as well as multiple times questioning and debating over the complex and multifaceted identity of Caden, through characters like Sammy and or Millicent Weems. In that regard, we follow layers of story all interplaying with each other, helped by surrealism and time-bending elements

What about older epics? Does their length necessarily account for narrative depth? Does more story contribute to the narrative complexity? That is a more difficult question to answer in my opinion, since the longer narrative can contribute to more deeper explorations of characters, story, and possibilities. Clocking at 2 hour 4 minutes, Synecdoche isn't exactly even comparable to some epics made in 1950s with their gigantic runtimes.

2. Is it the most narratively deep film ever made?

I think given that I have seen this film around 4 times, and still discover something new every time, it is definitely an experience I havent exactly had with any other film to such degree. The way I felt about the film in 2021, is significantly different to how I felt about it during the 2025 rewatch, as I thought about it in a different way. Does it imply that if the narrative can create multiple meanings, it is deeper and more layered? Perhaps. I think its possible that the answer might be very close to yes, as I truly haven't seen a film that has still so much to discover to such a strong degree

I think this year has been okay, with key standouts. There have only been four films that I've rated 8/10 or above, but I expect things to pick up, as usual, in the back half of the year (hopefully). But let me know all of your favorites so far to see what we need to catch up on.

Mine are:

1. The Drama
2. Obsession
3. Nirvanna the Band the Show the movie
4. Project Hail Mary
5. Hokum

Honorable mentions go to Backrooms, Is God Is, Obex and Bone Temple.