Medium-wide: The Mantle Has Passed - Rachel Getting Married

Rachel Getting Married is, unabashedly, one of my favorite films of all time. I saw it for the first time during the pandemic when Jonathan Demme was being covered on the podcast Blank Check with Griffin and David, and it knocked me out. There are a select few films any cinephile or general viewer will ever watch wherein the first viewing experience approaches the sublime, where it feels like something spiritual has happened. The film you’ve just watched was made entirely for you. Rachel Getting Married was one such experience for me.