The Movies canon

Sourced and screened.

Every film chosen by hand and annotated for why it matters.
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The Endless Summer

Directed by Bruce Brown
1966

Bruce Brown could not get a distributor so he rented cinemas himself, starting in Wichita in January snow: two surfers follow summer around the world, and the narration is unhurried and dry.

★ 3.4

Point Break

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
1991

Kathryn Bigelow made the most physically committed action film anyone had attempted: an FBI agent infiltrates a crew of surfers who rob banks in president masks, and starts preferring their company.

★ 3.9