“Bowling with Bumpers”

EPISODE 021: LETTERBOXD TOP 250 SHUFFLE

 

Featuring: The Shining (1980), Paper Moon (1973), Apur Sansar (1959), Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021)

 

Within the context of children and trauma, bowling with bumpers offers a safeguard against the pitfalls of gutterballing. Yet, the restrictive boundaries remain an airtight personal prison, a stronghold fortress of subconscious trauma responses eerily established as a predestined child. The newest episode of the Letterboxd Top 250 Shuffle presented by Wind Reel & Print provides a glimpse into a range of genre musings on the effects of death and trauma on the child psyche. From screwball revivalists and Neorealism fanboys to former YouTube sensations and cinematic GOATs, this week’s batch of movies certainly complete the frame.