La La Land

As we round the corner of the year and get into the awards season discussions, the best films of the year are being projected, discussed, and argued for and against. This means the big dramas are coming out, which sometimes can be soul shifting titans of cinema which will be remembered in the pantheon of classic film but can also include joyless and protracted two-plus-hour (and sometimes three-hour) slogfests that are lauded as darlings among the awards season’s film literat