Instagram story viewer> @chadcomello> Tagged

Chad Comello

@chadcomello

896

followers

78

following

Books, movies, typewriters. Talkin’ movies @cinemasugar.

POSTS STORIES REELS TAGGED

Horror has had a remarkable run in the 21st century. Between viral phenomena like The Blair Witch Project, the rise of Saw-inspired torture porn, critically acclaimed arthouse fare like Hereditary, and surprise box-office smashes like Obsession, it’s never been easier to find yourself a cinematic scare.

Meanwhile, @chadcomello was doing his darndest to avoid all of it.

“Why, I thought, should I willingly subject myself to violent images and terrifying scenarios that would haunt my dreams and keep me ever looking over my shoulder?”

But he eventually realized he might be missing something. “So many of my fellow cinephiles also loved horror, and not just for cheap thrills. Maybe it’d be worth braving the genre’s haunted house to see what I might uncover.”

Here are the horror movies that brought him into the dark and showed him the light 👉

18

1

In honor of the @A24 Anthony Bourdain biopic Tony hitting theaters, we put together a list of real-life stories and historical figures we’d love to see on the big screen. These ideas are free for any producer, studio, or financier willing to make them happen. (Please make them happen!)

23

1

Once, directed by John Carney, is fairly easy to describe. An Irish busker (Glen Hansard) meets a young woman (Markéta Irglová) on the streets of Dublin and they grow close as they play music together, discuss their bruised loves, and inspire each other as they enter new phases of life.

But such a tidy description belies the miles-deep emotional undercurrent that runs beneath this story and propels the main characters—who remain unnamed and are credited as Guy and Girl—first toward each other and ultimately onto their individual fates.

Should he get back with his ex-girlfriend in London? Is her floundering marriage worth repairing? That undercurrent surfaces not through melodramatic speeches or contrived conflicts, but through the music they share.

Probably because the film’s core of Carney, Hansard, and Irglová are real musicians, they capture both the tedium and thrill of creating meaningful music—and, by extension, art—better than almost anything I’ve seen.

They do so by paying close attention to moments in the songwriting process that are small but significant: assembling snatches of melody, hearing someone add harmony to your song for the first time, finding replacement Discman batteries so you can finish your lyrics, and nailing a song on the first take.

These little euphorias add up. With what Guy and Girl accumulate together, they give each other gifts they couldn’t have imagined before meeting: she helps him record his songs and find the confidence to move forward, while he reignites her passion for playing.

It was goodbye in the best way, with grace and gratitude for what they meant to each other.

What I took with me after seeing Once for the first time was how people can come into each other’s lives, knowing their time together will end, yet still choose to make something wonderful with the moments they have.

That’s what music can do, and what art can do, and what grace can do if we let it. That’s what Glen Hansard’s music did for me.

Rest in peace, Glen. You sang your melody, and you can rest assured knowing we’ll keep singing along.

- @chadcomello

32

0

Say man, you gonna read the latest reveal of our Top 76 movies that define America? It’d be a lot cooler if you did.

Link in bio for our one-sentence thoughts on all of these groovy movies.

#america #movies #america250

20

0

Guilty pleasures aren’t a real thing (just watch what you like!). But if they were, the 2004 historical action movie National Treasure would top @chadcomello’s list.

In honor of America Month, here are six reasons why he pledges allegiance to this big, beautiful, bonkers film 📜🇺🇸🗽🪙

15

3

LINCOLN is the president of all biopics, clothed in 𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧!

In a new essay for America Month, @chadcomello casts his ballot for Steven Spielberg’s 2012 masterpiece, which focuses on a small yet significant slice of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency that also tells the story of the most famous American as a politician, spouse, and father.

Read the essay at cinemasugar.com! (Lincoln bio 😉🎩)

#lincoln #stevenspielberg #america250

10

6

We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We’re going to live on, we’re going to survive! Today, we celebrate the first picks in our Top 76 Movies That Define America 🇺🇸

Read our one-sentence thoughts on these all-American movies at cinemasugar.com! (Link in bio)

👉 What do YOU think should be on this list?

#america #movies #america250

33

3

Ngl, would totally watch these…

#movies #cinephilecommunity #cinema

14

1

Grumpy Old Men is an elite Christmas movie, change my mind

#movies #christmas #grumpyoldmen

18

0

PTA’s filmography is loaded with unforgettable scenes (hello raining frogs and Dirk Diggler’s big reveal), but here’s @chadcomello on why the ending of Punch-Drunk Love takes the crown.

#punchdrunklove #pta #paulthomasanderson

11

0

Superhero movies have spent a quarter-century avenging, multiversing, and dispensing justice. But M. Night Shyamalan’s 2000 masterpiece Unbreakable set the standard from the very beginning. Here’s why we think it’s especially super. 👉

20

3

The Big 3 “historical” movies your substitute teacher put on in social studies class 📺

What barely historical movies were you shown in school?

#movies #2000 #history #rememberthetitans #gladiator #thepatriot #highschool #civilrights #americanrevolution #romanempire #socialstudies

23

2