When you think about what a film will be like before seeing it, do those preconceived ideas affect your opinion of the film while you’re watching? I’ve often found that based on a single image or what little I’ve heard about it, my imagination goes wild and I’ll construct entire moods or plots, forming in my head a film with a very specific feel, tone, or storyline… which most of the time, turns out to be very different from the actual movie. For instance, before I saw In the

Christmas may be over, but it's not too late to sneak in a couple more Christmas movies! Back in December, I wrote another essay for one of my favorite movie blogs, Cinema Sugar . I forgot to mention it here on Living Mostly Vintage, but better late than never! Hope you enjoy - and while you're there, make sure to check out all the fantastic content Cinema Sugar has to offer. Click here to read my essay about Millions (2004)!

Happy New Year! I always look forward to my Letterboxd Wrapped stats every year. But I have the poor-man’s version of Letterboxd, which means I only get certain stats in my yearly “Wrapped.” So I thought I’d DIY my own little “year in review!” According to Letterboxd, I logged 78 new films , which is a lot for me considering that just a handful of years ago, I felt like I was just watching the same things over and over. And I enjoyed many of those 78 - in fact, I gave 25 of t

I decided that in 2026, I'm going to implement a new weekly routine for myself: I’m going to cook a nice dinner, and settle in with a movie. No, that doesn’t sound like anything super exciting or different. But my goal is to make it feel special, simply by being intentional about it. It's fun to casually pop on a movie, but it's also fun to make a night of it! I haven’t decided on the menus yet, but here are the movies I already have lined up for the new year: Father of the B