Love it or hate it (and many still hate it, calling it "style over substance" or "hipster misery porn"), has wormed its way into the DNA of modern storytelling. You see its influence in TV shows like Succession (wealthy dysfunction with a soundtrack of sorrow), in the films of Greta Gerwig, and in every curated Instagram account that fetishizes vintage border collie prints.
If you haven't seen it, stream it tonight. If you have, it’s probably time to watch it again. Just keep the tissue box ready for when Elliott Smith starts to play. The Royal Tenenbaums
For better or worse, became a blueprint for the indie movie that followed. Love it or hate it (and many still
The film follows the eccentric Tenenbaums, a family of former child prodigies whose early brilliance has faded into adult malaise. The story is set in motion when the estranged patriarch, Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman), falsely claims to have terminal stomach cancer to worm his way back into the lives of his wife, Etheline (Anjelica Huston), and their three grown children. The Tenenbaum Children If you have, it’s probably time to watch it again
An adopted playwright struggling with a secret smoking habit and deep-seated depression.