Last seen on a worn-out VHS, at an age where I definitely had zero thoughts about Disney tastelessly borrowing a cultural setting/iconography for colorful slapstick purposes. Despite having some questionable feelings about that as an adult, finally seeing the gorgeous animation work on a better format/screen was honestly pretty overwhelming. The renaissance crew was at the height of their abilities when it came to storyboarding and art directing these complex sequences of motion and individual frames that were allowed to…

First revisit in quite a while due to (similarly to Reservoir Dogs) simply overplaying in my teenage cinephile years and having it memorized. The 30th anniversary last year however finally inspired me to finally pick up the 4K Blu-ray and give it another look, which felt a lot like hanging out/catching up with an old friend.

Not sure anyone really needs to hear about the virtues of its intricate structure in both writing and formal construction; eccentric character hangout dialogue/performances;…

"In the old days, if someone had a secret they didn't want to share... You know what they did?"
"No idea."
"They went up a mountain, found a tree, carved a hole in it, and whispered the secret into the hole. Then they covered it with mud. And leave the secret there forever."
"What a pain! I'd just go get laid."

Still probably the definitive cinematic depiction of romantic longing and loneliness, and its painful relationship to the age of…