61.) Everest [9/19/2015]

Like Into the Wild, this was a movie about the most predictable tragedy imaginable, but unlike Chris McCandless, Rob Hall seemed like a thoughtful and careful person who was caught in an unfortunate (though not unpredictable) circumstance; it was, not surprisingly, a difficult movie at times, watching what seemed like a really good guy freeze to death.

60.) A Walk in the Woods [9/17/2015]

An old-man version of Wild but lacking the clarity in metaphors and character arcs; if you liked all the walking scenes in The Hobbit but hated the fantasy aspects of the film, then A Walk in the Woods is for you.

59.) Mistress America [9/15/2015]

Noah Baumbach again releases a movie where someone (this time co-writer and star Greta Gerwig) is living a stunted adulthood, refusing to see the world as it is while aimlessly drifting through life and being admired for it; so if that is your bag, this will probably be alright by you; Gerwig is pretty good, though the machine gun dialogue is full of pretty words that mean nothing (which might be the point).

58.) Dope [9/10/2105]

I missed this the first time it came through, and then it inexplicably came back; the love child of Super Bad and Napoleon Dynamite, this was an incredibly charming and funny movie about kids who refuse to fit in (in this case, with the culture of South Central LA), and fight for their right to be weird and different; I loved this movie.

57.) Straight out of Compton [9/3/2015]

Having been a young teenager when NWA released their first album (and during the LA riots against which the film is set), a lot of this movie rang true to what I remember (though, being a white Midwestern suburbanite, it did fill in some pretty huge gaps in my own understanding, like how completely horrifying Sug Knight is and how bold a move Ice Cube made leaving NWA); that said, it did significantly gloss over some of the more unseemly bits that conflicted with the narrative, like how Dr Dre beat a lot of women and how Eazy-E was sort of a scuzzy dirtbag, which gave the group a bit more of a rosy shine than it deserves.

56.) The End of the Tour [9/1/2015]

End of the Tour, the bio-pic about author David Foster Wallace, was an interesting exploration of not just the reclusive and troubled writer, but of what makes some people great (even if they don't want to be) and what makes some people forgettable (even if they're trying not to be); I put Infinite Jest on my Amazon wishlist so I can be like everyone else who owns it but hasn't read it, so there is that.

55.) Diary of a Teenager Girl [8/29/2015]

This  film, a sort of Lolita-meets-Juno exploration of the sexual awakening of a teenager from the perspective of a girl in love with her mother's boyfriend (20-year age gap notwithstanding), refreshingly opted for an honest look at all the confusion and excitement that comes at such a time for a young woman (I assume, not being a woman and all) as opposed to a preachy stance; like Lolita, the main character was a child, and there were several explicitly sexual parts in the movie that were really unsettling keeping that in mind, but I like movies that can generate an emotional response, including discomfort, and realize that this movie might not be for everyone.