Mad Max: Fury Road (2015): Dust, Fire, and the Shape of Survival
George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) turns chaos into cinema, a relentless action fable of survival, myth, and revolution in the desert.
Paterson (2016): Poems in the Pattern of Days
Jim Jarmusch’s Paterson finds beauty in repetition, turning daily routine and quiet poetry into a meditation on attention and renewal.
The Straight Story (1999): Persistence Beneath the Stars
David Lynch’s The Straight Story (1999) turns a lawnmower journey into a luminous meditation on age, endurance, and reconciliation.
Casablanca (1942): Duty in Disguise
Casablanca (1942) is often called the greatest romance, but its real power lies in wartime allegory — duty, sacrifice, and choosing a side.
Superman (2025): Strength in Vulnerability
James Gunn’s Superman (2025) reimagines the Man of Steel with vulnerability, grandeur, and heart — a bold, flawed, but deeply convincing revival.