Medium Wide: Desert Island Movie

This week’s entry is focused on rewatchability: the elusive concept of a movie being so good—so all-consuming— that it permeates your waking moments to the point of obsession. The only way you can quell the roaring inferno of image and sound is to take a seat and watch that movie all over again—and again and again. We all have a movie like that, so let’s talk about why that is. What makes a movie stick in our brains? We’ll also get into some of my most rewatchable films, which I can guarantee will be an unexpected bunch. Let’s run it back one more time.