Uncut Gems by Joshua Hunt

The first DVD I ever bought was Criterion Collection edition no. 65, Wes Anderson’s Rushmore. Around that time, I had an inkling that maybe I should commit to buying every DVD the company released. Dear Kurosawa, I wish I had done exactly that. The Criterion Collection, despite the rare disastrous choice, have done an exceptional job of curating the canon of great film. In this New York Times Magazine piece, Joshua Hunt digs into Criterion’s history and philosophies. He also details the painstaking work that goes into their preservation of some of the greatest works in the medium that were is desperate danger of being lost forever or at least preserved in only compromised versions. This article is genuinely inspiring to me.

How to Grow Old Like Isabella Rossellini by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

I can’t overemphasize how much Isabella Rossellini in her old age is a goddamned delight. This interview conducted by Lulu Garcia-Navarro illustrates the point better than I ever could anyway. It is published by The New York Times Magazine.

I Saw ‘Dune 2’ at 3:15 a.m.: Inside the Nearly Sold-Out, All-Night Screening in 70mm Imax by Ethan Shanfeld

I am a longstanding fan of stories about moviegoers who sate their obsession with screenings held at ungodly hours. For Variety, Ethan Shanfeld writes about the hardy souls who braved an overnight screening of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two. Shanfeld and his editors were clearly expecting the showing to be populated with freakishly excitable Dune fans. Based on Shanfeld’s reporting, it seems the seats were mostly filled with people whose shaky planning left them with no other opening weekend option than the middle of the night, which only makes the story more enjoyable.