Marshmallow Fluff

I was really looking forward to this one, and it definitely scratched an itch I've had since the era when studio indie films like Whip It, Juno, and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World were coming out. Those movies informed a lot of my personal taste as a kid, so this felt like a nice return to that world.

I thought the casting was great, and it was kind of surreal seeing Barbie Ferreira in a period piece about a time when she herself was just starting to enter the cultural conversation. At one point she's wearing a pair of super high-waisted American Apparel denim shorts that I definitely owned as a teenager, which made me weirdly nostalgic.

I also couldn't help but feel like this movie deserved a better soundtrack. That's probably less the filmmakers' fault and more the reality of music licensing these days.

It's definitely more of a vibes movie than a plot movie, and the plot that was there felt underwhelming.

Still, I'm glad I watched it.

A film that articulates a feeling there are no words to describe. The gift of Marty. One of my all time favorites. It captures something I've never seen any other movie touch: that specific grief of leaving behind a period of your life full of movement, art, and chaos and settling into something quieter. Paul Hackett doesn't go looking for trouble. It finds him because he left the door unlocked. Saw it at the Egyptian with a Rosanna Arquette Q&A and felt so bad for her because she couldn't answer most of the questions, the movie was just too long ago. But it made me love her in it even more. Essential.