Retrospectives

Here are all the posts I’ve written related to my annual movie retrospectives — comprehensive, chronological explorations of movie history.

2012 — The Disney Animated Canon

• “My Trip Through Disney Animation: Why Pixar, et al. Don’t Count”
• “Disney’s Romance: Beauty and the Beast“
• “Disney Animation Roundup: My Ten Favorites”

2013 — Steven Spielberg

• “Spielberg Marathon: Letterboxd Reviews”
• “Spielberg Marathon: Letterboxd Reviews, Part II”
• “Retaining My Capacity for Astonishment: My 10 Favorite Spielberg Movies”

2014 — The French New Wave

• “Announcing My Next Movie Retrospective: The French New Wave”
• “French New Wave: Letterboxd Reviews”
• “‘Lights. Camera. ACTION!’ — My 10 Favorite French New Wave Movies”

2015 — Studio Ghibli

• “Announcing Infinite Crescendo’s 2015 Movie Retrospective: Studio Ghibli”
• “Studio Ghibli: Letterboxd Reviews”
• “Mono no aware: My 5 Favorite Studio Ghibli Movies”

Winter 2016 — World’s Finest

• “Bonus Retrospective! Batman vs. Superman”
• “Batman/Superman Serials: Tumblr Reviews”
• “My Favorite Movies: Superman“
• “My Favorite Movies: Batman“
• “Caped Wonder, Winged Freak: A Superman/Batman Postmortem”

2017 — Luis Buñuel

• “Announcing Infinite Crescendo’s 2017 Movie Retrospective: The Films of Luis Buñuel”
• “Buñuel Retrospective: Letterboxd Reviews”
• “Light Unchained: My 10 Favorite Buñuel Movies”

2018 — Baby Paul’s First Weekend (November 26-29, 1987)

• “Announcing My 2018 Movie Retrospective: Baby Paul’s First Weekend”
• “Baby Paul’s First Weekend: Letterboxd Reviews”
• “The End of the Beginning: My 10 Favorite BPFW Movies”

2019 — Goofy vs. Daffy

• “Announcing My 2019 Movie Retrospective: Goofy vs. Daffy”
• “‘This Makes No Sense, and So Do I’ — A Review of the Goofy and Daffy Duck Films”

2020 — Hamlet on Film

• “Announcing My 2020 Movie Retrospective: Hamlet on Film”
• “Hamlet on Film: Letterboxd Reviews”
• “An Enterprise of Great Pitch and Moment: My 10 Favorite Hamlet Movies”