*Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse*

This was one of those “within the first fifteen seconds you know it is going to be great” experiences.  Yes the movie is too long at 2 hours, 20 minutes, but what part would you want cut?  Every scene and indeed every frame jumps to life immediately and is a joy to watch and behold.  It also delivers on soundtrack, Afrofuturism, family values, a good India segment, and it is a wonderful New York City movie to boot.  Cinema is vital once again.

Did you catch all the William Kentridge references?

Of course it will make many people dizzy, and they will turn away in despair, but you might have said that about Rite of Spring as well.  It is true this movie will hit or maybe even exceed your upper bound on how much information you can absorb, but that is what we’re here for, right?

Big screen and good sound system essential.  This is probably the best thing I will see all year, and I don’t just mean cinema.

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