Retrospective

The Film We Don’t Speak Of – Revisiting M. Night Shyamalan’s Masterpiece ‘The Village’ 20 Years Later [Retrospective]

The trailer for the upcoming film Trap proudly declares it to be “a new experience in the world of M.… Read More

August 2, 2024

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – ‘Catwoman’ and ‘Million Dollar Baby’ (2004)

“If you like this movie like i do, your rolling on the floor. Every second is purely genius. If you… Read More

July 22, 2024

Make It a Double Feature: Go on the Vacation from Hell with ‘Midsommar’ and ‘Barbarian’

As a horror buff, for the next edition of Make It a Double Feature I’ve chosen two films about trips… Read More

July 19, 2024

‘The Blair Witch Project’ at 25: The Birth of Found Footage and the Price of Naive Ambition

Found footage is the cinematic equivalent of an urban legend or a story that campers tell around the fire. Intentionally… Read More

July 18, 2024

Head Out on the Highway: Of Motorcycles and Men in ‘Easy Rider,’ ‘The Wild One’ and ‘The Bikeriders’ [Retrospective]

There are things that feel like American originals, even if the truth reveals something different entirely. The motorcycle, for instance,… Read More

July 5, 2024

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Invention and Deconstruction of the Femme Fatale in ‘Double Indemnity’ (1944) and ‘Chinatown’ (1974) [Retrospective]

 I. My Sister/My Daughter When I reflect on the films that truly shaped my taste, it’s impossible not to think… Read More

June 24, 2024

20 Years Later, ‘Spider-Man 2’ is Still the Most Human Superhero Movie Ever Made [Retrospective]

In a recent red carpet interview, Sam Raimi was asked about the possibility of Spider-Man 4—that is, a continuation of… Read More

June 19, 2024

The Enduring Horror of ‘Alien’ on its 45th Anniversary [Retrospective]

Forty-five years after Ridley Scott directed, and Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Schusett wrote Alien, it is still terrifying. With Escape… Read More

June 14, 2024

‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Gremlins’ at 40: How One Day in the Summer of 1984 Defined a Childhood [Retrospective]

To a budding cinephile growing up in the 1980s, there was no better place for family outings than the drive-in… Read More

June 6, 2024

The 25 Best Romantic Comedies of the Last 25 Years

2023 closed out with the shrug heard around the world, the solid-triple hit that was the romantic comedy Anyone But… Read More

June 4, 2024

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