Retrospective

The Parrot Isn’t Saying Anything: How the 2024 U.S. Election Has Proven ‘Under the Silver Lake’ to be Right All Along

Election fraud. A migrant crime wave. Immigrants eating pets. FEMA exploiting hurricane survivors. The Democrats controlling the weather. These are… Read More

November 12, 2024

‘Phantom of the Paradise’ 50th Anniversary Retrospective: Better the Devil You Know Featuring ‘The Witch’ and ‘Constantine’

The deal with the devil is one of our oldest human stories. Most references to this idea will lead you… Read More

October 31, 2024

Make It a Double Feature: ‘Serial Mom’ and ‘Strait-Jacket’

With Halloween approaching, this month’s column entry is an ideal opportunity to recommend good scary movies. However, instead of usual… Read More

October 24, 2024

‘Shocker’ at 35: Wes Craven’s Beautifully Bonkers Thriller About an Electric Serial Killer Lives On As an Underrated Gem [Retrospective]

On November 9, 1984, Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street was released to critical and commercial acclaim, praised for… Read More

October 24, 2024

‘The Shawshank Redemption’ at 30: The Enduring Classic Proves it Can Make it on the Outside

How does a film filled with characters going through existential crises overcome its own to become an enduring classic? When… Read More

September 27, 2024

We’re Not Dunne Yet: A ‘Gone Girl’ 10th Anniversary Retrospective and its Deserved Oscar Legacy

Our relationship to pop culture is deeply personal. Yes, there are numerous monoculture moments, starting with The Beatles and Elvis… Read More

September 27, 2024

Wrong Place, Wrong Time: ‘The Third Man’ (1949), ‘Collateral’ (2004) and ‘Green Room’ (2016) [Retrospective]

For most of us, our tedious and boring lives are rarely interrupted with the amount of drama needed for a… Read More

August 27, 2024

Make It a Double Feature: ‘Beach Rats’ and ‘Red, White & Royal Blue’

As we make our way through August, we still feel the muggy summer heat. For this month’s column, I’ve gone… Read More

August 26, 2024

How ‘Sing Sing’ and ‘Ghostlight’ Highlight the Power of Theater as Venues of Survival

Theater and cinema have always had a strange symbiotic relationship. While cinema has, over the decades, become more accessible to… Read More

August 2, 2024

Faith, Heroes, Monsters, Scares, and Twists: Ranking the Films of M. Night Shyamalan

The state of cinema is ravaged with unoriginal, unfulfilling, and downright wasteful popcorn, blockbuster filmmaking. In the past, there used… Read More

August 2, 2024

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