The Disappointment of Outgrowing My Favorite Filmmakers

I may have grown since my teenage years but too many directors I once loved most certainly have not

I fell in love with film as a medium in about 7th grade - circa 1997 and 1998 - not long before starting high school in the fall of 1998. What really spurred my appreciation for the medium was a variation of “auteur theory” - I noticed that if I liked one film directed by a particular director, chances are I’d similarly enjoy their other movies and then…