Mighty fine selection of cinematic artwork there.
Went with Queens Gambit.
I will have to watch 1883 soon. That one and the Peacemaker I had not seen. QG, Lasso, Last Of Us, and Penguin I know very well. Probably seen them all twice at this point, most of the episodes at least.
Queens Gambit hits on multiple levels for me.
Beautiful music and cinematography. Gripping story with real depth of characters and character development.
Unreal cultural impact. The same way we spoke of the "TUF boom" or the "Conor era" or Brock/Ronda waves, the Queens Gambit really blew up the chess community and brought waves of new fans and players to the online chess community as well as tournaments and whatnot.
Also really skyrocketed Anya Taylor Joy to her meteoric rise I to one of the biggest faces and names in both acting and modeling. She is a super duper superstar. Mad Max, Dune 2, The Menu, The Gorge, Last Night In Soho, Peaky Blinders, The Witch, Glass, Split.... quite a resume for that younger actress.
Colin Farell and Cristina Milioti and that kid who played Vic were all great in Peguin. Looking forward to the Last Of Us Pt 2/new seaso