Are We Seeing the Summer of the Auteur?

Actually, more than to boot; the quality ofBaby Driveris the point.

Stylish filmmakers like Wright may not seem to belong in those worlds… but they should.

It also feels wholly made by a singular director.

Theres hardass Griff (Jon Bernthal) and mad dog Batts (Jamie Foxx).

Its intentionally traditional so the audience will come into the tent.

But more than anything, its all in service to a showcase of Wrights style.

Also appearing to have captured a sizable amount of cultural relevance this month is Netflix and Bong Joon-HosOkja.

A proudly impossible to classify fable,Okjais both funny and terrifying, joyful and heartbreaking.

Yet Netflix paid the $50 million to make Bongs vision a reality.