It sounds simple enough when you’re told to try to keep your tempo. And yet, the consequences of failing to do so are more terrifying than you can ever imagine. Chasing your dreams and the pursuit of greatness come with, well, pressure. Hollywood has spent decades telling audiences that hard work, determination, and a little bit of talent are all you need to become the best, but Damien Chazelle had a rather different interpretation of that particular philosophy in one of the most intense psychological dramas of the 2010s.
