A great director, an impressive cast (Julianne Moore, William H. Macy, John C. Reilly, Philip Seymour Hoffman and a surprisingly good Tom Cruise in one of his funniest and most nuanced performances), a beautiful and unusual story, a fantastic musical score from the talented Aimee Mann… How could you go wrong? Don’t worry, you won’t.
Kill Bill
I realized yesterday chatting with friends that I had forgotten to include this movie in my original list… Blasphemy! A fantastic “roaring rampage of revenge” in The Bride’s own words, it is, after careful consideration, my favourite film from Quentin Tarantino. I don’t care about the commercial reasons which resulted in splitting it in two parts, I would just watch them both in one sitting…