Moonrise Kingdom [repack]

It’s a tiny, perfect thunderclap of a movie. Quirky? Yes. But never cold. It’s Anderson’s warmest film—a reminder that childhood’s fiercest feelings are often the truest.

: Dominant muted yellows and greens evoke the feeling of a permanent late-summer afternoon, triggering a sense of collective nostalgia for childhood. Moonrise Kingdom

: Cinematographer Robert D. Yeoman shoots on Super 16mm film, framing every sequence on a rigid, beautifully satisfying mathematical grid. It’s a tiny, perfect thunderclap of a movie

More than anything, Moonrise Kingdom captures the terror and glory of first love: the belief that two people can form a private world, armed with a pair of scissors, a camping stove, and a library book. It’s a film about running away to find a home. And by the final frame—as the recovered couple sits on a porch, waiting out the storm—you believe they’ve found it. But never cold