Last Night in SOHO is Unsure about the Past!

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In Edgar Wright's newest opus: Last Night in Soho, we take a deep dive into giallo horror inspirations, sick music, and the gender politics of the 1060s. Another breezy banger from ol' Mikey!
00:00 Intro
00:23 Part One: To SoHo!
09:05 Part Two: Duality
15:20 Part Three: The Texas Switch
20:53 Part Four: The Nostalgia Trip
23:25 Pls Support & Credits
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[@filmjoy]

Hey friends! Sorry for the delay getting this video out. We are finishing up our move this week and looking forward to getting settled in a new space and catching up on all the stuff we need to do. We'll be more active on social media once we get where we are going. The shop is going to be closed until around March. Thanks so much for sticking with us through this home stretch!

[@Roofgeese]

You got this!

[@archangel1of7]

No worries. I love your videos so much, there is never a question.

[@markpilla6842]

Doesn't matter when, only if we get it. A mikey video about an Edgar Wright film...... I just tap the thumbs up before I even start the video. Great work

[@rilezbathurst]

Perfect timing I just rewatched this "last night" - yeah I know last night but actually last night

[@Mach1048]

Nice! Glad to hear the move is going well.

[@sydposting]

I already watched this on Nebula and I'm so excited I can finally share it with friends! This video changed my mind on LNIS from "It's good but it's not CORNETTO Good" to "Yeah, this is up there with The World's End." It really granted me greater perspective and appreciation for the writing and themes. 🥰

[@TheNerdySimulation]

Remember seeing this movie in theaters, on Halloween no less, and how much of it absolutely tore me to pieces whilst helping rebuild me. I don't have the best memories of growing up both in quality and quantity terms, so trying to accept that I cannot recover what was lost AND that not everything was lost is an extremely resonant aspect of this film. Its certainly not outside my experience either of men fully intent on taking sexual gratification _from_ you, the best of them being ignorant yet still compliant, and how that builds an utter bitterness that leads inevitably towards harm of innocents or allies even if it stems from survival instinct. Everything about this movie is downright gorgeous. Upsettingly so.

[@keeganseck7751]

I described this movie to my sister as "a horror movie where the horror movie monster is: being a woman alone in a city."

[@lucypatton42]

Haven’t watched the video yet but I just rewatched last night in SoHo with my little brother and appreciated it a lot more this time! The music especially

[@MarioBarrio42]

Any time Mikey digs into an Edgar Wright film is a win. I watched this on Nebula when it came out! Great video.

[@gonzo6489]

Facts. The Hot Fuzz video is one of my all time favorites Movies with Mikey

[@robertwild9447]

Last Night in Soho is one of my favorite films I have seen in the last few years, I absolutely loved it. And seeing a Movies with Mikey on any Edgar Wright movie is always a must watch for me 🙂

[@dchetz]

Thank you for reminding me how much I loved this movie while also at the same time enhancing my appreciation for it. Excellent job.

[@Donttrustthatburger5144]

I believe the reason I love your work so deeply is because, if I were to create something, I would want it to be much like what you have done.

[@marchingham]

You guys never miss! This is what I want to spew to people who go on and on about how their preferred time was better because blah blah blah. Such a great movie. Edgar Wright is just the best.

[@K.C-2049]

I always have so many questions about people who want to return to some idealized time in the past, thinking it would be so carefree and void of concerns because they didn't have OUR concerns. especially women wanting to go back to the Victorian era or whatever. like you want to strip yourself of economic autonomy and human rights? ok...

[@moviesaredope]

There have been FIVE Movies With Mikey-s & this is the only one the KZbin algorithm just served me up this whole time? Seriously, it won't stop serving me 60 view videos published a week ago I don't want to watch but not one of my all-time favorite channels? Wtf?

[@teresaellis7062]

I am so glad for the comments for this video. I wasn't sure about the beginning of the video, but by the end, I was so glad I watched this. Last Night in SOHO was a really good movie, but talking about it helped me understand it a bit better.

[@aroccoification]

Two of the most beautiful women in Hollywood wearing cool 60s outfits with spooks and edgar right directing. Hands down best movie of 2021

[@jessrl8025]

MwM talking about Edgar Wright is always the best!

[@brandonyohn]

I can't believe I've been sitting on this movie. Thanks for the kick in the butt to watch it!

[@userSchlonsch]

Last Night In SoHo is one of my favorite films and I feel like it’s not gotten the love it deserves. Seeing a Movies with Mikey episode talking about all the same reasons I love the film (and even more) was exactly what I needed today. Amazing film and amazing essay

[@fafnir491]

I was waiting for this one, and this made my Wednesday much nicer.

[@MrWongle]

Edgar Wright is by far my favorite director. Everything he has done I love: -Spaced -Shaun of the dead -Hot Fuzz -The World's End -Scott Pilgrim vs the world -Baby Driver -Last night in Soho What a resume! All of these deserve a much bigger box office than they got.

[@brianervin5065]

I appreciate your perspective on art

[@notmyrealname1335]

Just what I’ve been missing!! Thanks Mikey!

[@TrashHeapCustodian]

I do so love your videos for the good analysis and commentary but the thing that always sends it over the top for me and keeps me coming back time and time again for rewatches is the lines peppered in like "It's raining yachts, baybeee!" keep up the great work, Mikey ❤️

[@LeLNascimento]

I was longing for a review of this movie. I love it so much. Thanks

[@ThousanWhite]

Yeah, we definitely like to cherry-pick and fetishize the past, ignoring how awful and terrible it actually was at times for a lot of people.

[@EnordAreven]

Fantastic movie, STYLE.

[@Noms_Chompsky]

Ah, how did you know I needed a little Film Joy today. You should play the lotto numbers big dawg, you've got the gift.

[@alyosha864]

great video!! i got to see this film at a late showing at a tiny little theatre in the dead of winter - not the same atmosphere, but atmospheric nonetheless. it was nice to revisit it again with this

[@JadeCryptOfWonders]

I saw Last Night In SoHo in theatres when it came out, thanks for this reminder to appreciate Edgar Wright’s vision.

[@Die4Gesichter]

Soho is my FAVOURITE psychological horror/thriller ever❤ Btw spotify has the amazing soundtrack of the movie packed with songs of that era

[@wiseguy100]

Watching Edgar Wright's attempt at showing misogyny on screen was akin to a doctor performing heart surgery wearing comedy foam hands.

[@ErikRosewood]

Awesome video essay about an awesome movie. Thanks a lot!

[@jairoportillo9527]

Great video!

[@meander112]

Watched this early on Nebula! Hooray!

[@Mach1048]

Egar Wright man... Amazing Director, and *so* creative with Cameras. He has an Unique Visual eye as Znider, but is a far better Director.

[@SonOfRojBlake]

Love that you namedrop the Kinks and the Who, NOT the Beatles or the Stones

[@Rreinholdt]

Love you guys ❤

[@joansepulveda7564]

This is one of my favorite films. Thanks so much for your thoughts Mikey!

[@codyeasonBGR]

Love film joy

[@PaulusTheCart]

Very cool!

[@jacobwagon3391]

Man, I absolutely Love that movie when it came out!... 🥺🥳 Edgar Wright, Thomasin McKenzie AND Anya Taylor-Joy?! Take my Money!.. 😮💸👏🏽 AND Terence Stamp & Matt "Handsome-Mcgee" Smith?! 🤯🤜🏽💰🪙🤖💯

[@clayjoyce924]

I have Nebula so Ive already watched this 20 times but ill always come back to YT to help Mikey with views!!

[@MrOtistetrax]

Hair looking good Mikey. No need for me to compliment the video; top notch as always.

[@PramitChatterjee1993]

Loved the movie. Loved the analysis.

[@vinniemannino6546]

Mikey + Wright = win

[@toastytoes5867]

you are amazing, Edger Wright is amazing. Thank you

[@GROW_YT_VIEWS_]

This video is a work of art.

[@Schellnino1994]

Neon Demon / Last Night in Soho Double Feature!

[@LonkinPork]

I caught this while it was still in cinemas, and I came out of it having enjoyed it, but the more I think about it the less I like it, as a story. It sets up things that either don't pay off, or pay off in underwhelming ways. The script needed a good once-over to interconnect some of the dangling plot threads imo. The vibes are *_immaculate_* though.

[@dk240996]

For a masterpiece in Texas Switches, watch HBO Watchmen episode 6, This Extraordinary Being. Also watch HBO Watchmen in general but yeah, that episode is a technical marvel alongside being a storytelling marvel.

[@izikavazo]

That episode was wild! You can feel the walls being built around the character(s).

[@mikkel1900]

Love your work. Usually I just watch right away. But now I realized that I really need to see the movie first. Never heard of it. So now I force myself to stop watching this video. I vow to return! Once I know of the Last Night in SoHo.

[@dwc1964]

Watched on Nebula, dropped in here For The Algorithm.

[@fabrisseterbrugghe8567]

I lived in London as a child in the late 1960s and a college student in the early 1980s. Soho was a place of prostitutes, restaurants, and artists. Among the things to remember, the British Clean Air Act had gotten rid of the toxic smogs by the late 1960s. The Krays got fruit machines (slots) into every venue they could. One fact is hopeful for a better future; the other puts an undercurrent of desperation everywhere. Was there great art and music? Yep. Was there glamor and sophistication? Of course. But never forget the undercurrent of poverty and violence that made it possible.

[@XFallenFreakX]

fav youtuber reviewing one of my fav directors and fav movies? I mean sure, I guess ill watch.....

[@codyeasonBGR]

Hope the move goes well

[@tsukinokitsun3]

Loved this on Nebula and now excited everyone can see! (Also I can't wait until the EOY faves vid to release to the normies to comment - I must also politely beg for an Oppenheimer video. Tyty)

[@SimmoOfficial]

VERY underrated film

[@Thompson51]

Need to rewatch it. I'm sure now I will like it a lot more. When it came out I love it but mostly the first part. I didn't liked the ending but now I'm a little more into this whole giallo genre so it should click with me much better this time 🙂

[@andrewzach1921]

Comment for the algorithm, thanks for the video

[@celestialcass]

I adore this film! I think it's SO refreshing when a horror film is a lot more focused on the horror of a particular situation [especially one that is culturally and institutionally reinforced by vast swaths of people] rather than ghosts/monsters. Thank you for this erudite examination of the different aspects, and particularly the brilliant lies Nostalgia manages to weave for us all.

[@tonimashdane33498]

Such a shame it was unfairly slammed by critics when it was first released. It was one of his best films, me thinks.

[@thegingergyrl455]

I really liked this film. I’m so glad that you are covering it. ✌🏻👩🏻‍🦰👍🏻

[@arielpearson4819]

Great video! Anyone else think that Mikey looks like a blond Matt Smith?

[@bunnystick]

YO 5 SECONDS OLD, LETS GOO!

[@K.C-2049]

after being incredibly underwhelmed by Baby Driver, Last Night in Soho was such a pleasant surprise! really enjoyed the movie, an example of a male director telling a woman's story done right.

[@leahholley7982]

It’s just as deep as scot pilgrim. Which is to say, empty.

[@JohnBrown-ut7ug]

Please, someone tell me more about that banger theme song. Is it a sample? Who's the artist?

[@koboldcatgirl]

It's in the description, I think.

[@robertbeck714]

Still the best into in the biz!

[@EriksBlue]

I find the ending disappointing it could have done something interesting then just "the 'villian' has to die."

[@Ergoperidot]

Literally. The direction the story took was very unfortunate in my opinion, it could have been so much more deep and memorable and tied together the main characters better thematically.

[@flowerheit4512]

the past has to die before we can remember it well

[@andrewklang809]

Edgar Wright is a magnificent filmmaker when it comes to visuals, music, and pacing, but as a writer, he lacks delicacy, and needs someone like Simon Pegg to help him round out his character arcs. Both Baby Driver and Soho had disappointing third acts, with major characters just abruptly taken out (of the story) because there was apparently nothing else to do with them.

[@frankthetankricard]

I see some of your videos have "Movies with Mikey" in the title while others not. Is this related to length or just by chance? I spotted the logo on the thumbnails but it's easy to miss if you don't know to look for it. I don't know if this is useful feedback to you or not but I only watch your uploads from this particular series and if any more of your subscribers think like this then a clear distinction in the title is very helpful so they're less likely to miss some videos.

[@JelenedraKTulsa]

My brain couldn't parse why you called Ana Taylor Joy Ana Taylor Joy and then called Matt Smith Thomas in one sentence. XD

[@aroccoification]

I was reading the Bible recently and there was a story that exemplified the theme you're getting at I forget what abuse the family encountered but when they finally escaped the wife looked back longingly in nostalgia and turned to salt. The remainder of the family after her death then sexually canibalalized themselves and they became lost in generations of drunken incest. I suppose it's a metaphor for how we can find ourselves in evil patterns and lose ourselves if we have nostalgia for the things that scarred us I'm agnostic but so far the Bible is super trippy and interesting

[@Die4Gesichter]

I really hope that CinemaWins does a video about LNIS too, despite his "no horror movies" - thing.

[@SamButler22]

Wait, you can say "Edgar Wright" without fanfare now?

[@mcclapyohands2365]

At this point i love tim sleeping on the Lions, i would love to see them go all the way obviously but ik its not likely whatsoever, but cmon, we gotta beat LA at home, even without LaPorta

[@IainLambert]

Great video, and thanks for shining a good light on LNIS. I put off watching it for far too long, because I'm really not into Classic Giallo's obsession with pretty girls getting brutally murdered in the most objectifying manner possible. But I should have known to trust the team - it's very cleverly icky in a way that makes itself both very clear how this is icky and not sexy, avoiding the traditional male gaze issues. Oh, but dear Lord, Stamp still knows how to light up the screen.

[@Lunictd]

Unfortunately I haven't senn "Last Night in Soho" yet (although I probably should have, given the cast and the director), but hoplefully this Anti-Algorithm comment will help the video until I do! Keep up the great work and take care!

[@andrewklang809]

Good movie, but did it need to have so many pointless jump scares in the third act? The movie had until that point been more about mood, channeling the creepy but subtle atmosphere of 60s horror. Other than that, no notes.

[@batmanslarynx]

A very good film that I kind of hated watching which I guess is the point. Sort of in the same vain of Midsommar, it's just something I will never watch again.

[@MrClarkkerr]

Its Wright's least successful film in terms of achieving what it set out to do but perhaps the only really interesting one as a piece of cinema, because of the contradiction at the heart of the movie and its ambition. Is it a exploitation horror movie and genre pastiche or is actually trying to say something about misogyny and 60s nostalgia? Those two elements never quite gel. The problem is as well is the script feels 30 years out of date. The idea of a Gen Z fashion student being mocked by other students for making her own clothes or being obsessed with 1960s fashion is unbelievable. Plus coming up from Cornwall in the age of the smart phone is not quite the same of coming to coming up from Cornwall in 1994. But saying all this the film is gorgeous and doesn't and there are not many mainstream directors doing anything like this.

[@gamezilla345]

One of Wright's few disappointments for me. There's some extremely impressive artistry on display here, but it's ultimately undermined by some truly, bafflingly, amateurish and embarrassing character and scenario writing.

[@mediamass1404]

You realise the talent was fiction right? The old lady was framing herself as a victim to justify her need to kill , she was probably the agressor in that situation pushing for a spot in the puppet on a string show

[@Bass.sick.b1tch]

Love the piece and the movie, and I cannot agree more about the fashion - I have been looking for that white vinyl jacket since seeing it lol … ❤❤❤

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks, Mikey! 🪆 I got to see this one on the big screen, very grateful for that.