Matchstick Men vs Moonrise Kingdom

Matchstick Men is a departure from Scotts usual epic scale, focusing on a smaller, character-driven story about a con artist with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Nicolas Cage delivers a fantastic, nuanced performance as the protagonist whose life is upended by the arrival of his estranged daughter. The film is a clever, funny, and surprisingly touching caper that showcases Scotts versatility as a d...

Set on a fictional New England island in the 1960s, this film captures the innocence and intensity of first love. Two young runaways escape their stifling lives, prompting a search party led by the local scout master and the island's police captain. The film is a beautiful, nostalgic look at childhood and the adult world's inability to understand it. Its color palette of warm yellows and greens pe...