Retrospective

Sing out, sing out: The enduring legacy of the original age gap romance ‘Harold and Maude’ at 50 [Retrospective]

This month marks the 50th anniversary of a seminal film in the American cinematic consciousness, Hal Ashby’s often misunderstood masterpiece,… Read More

December 10, 2021

20 years later, and we’re still living in Harry Potter’s world [Retrospective]

When Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (or Philosopher’s, depending on how British you’d like to be) was released in… Read More

November 10, 2021

Five years later, the eminently rewatchable ‘Arrival’ still leaves an indelible mark [Retrospective]

Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival was released 5 years ago, on November 11, 2016 (you may remember something else that happened in… Read More

November 5, 2021

Of Broken Dreams: A ‘Mulholland Drive’ retrospective

Brian Whisenant takes a ride down Mulholland Dr, looking back at David Lynch's landmark film and talks with actor Patrick… Read More

October 16, 2021

Why The Shimmer in ‘Annihilation’ is an allegory for the U.S.’s foreign policy [Retrospective]

Alex Garland’s sophomore directorial feature, Annihilation, explores the ideas of corruption, destruction, and rebirth. Throughout the film, The Shimmer, also… Read More

October 4, 2021

Martin Scorsese’s timeless ‘Boxcar Bertha’ and the Marxist undertones of his often overlooked early classic [Retrospective]

1972’s Boxcar Bertha is an often overlooked, critically debated entry into Martin Scorsese’s filmography, mostly because it is a departure… Read More

October 1, 2021

‘Training Day’ at 20: Welcome back to the jungle [Retrospective]

Twenty years since it first hit theaters, Training Day (2001) is likely best remembered as the film that netted Denzel… Read More

September 28, 2021

‘Bound’ at 25: The mold-breaker of queer cinema still has us tied up after all these years [Retrospective]

As the world awaits the return of the groundbreaking Matrix film franchise in December, it’s worth taking a moment to… Read More

September 27, 2021

‘My Own Private Idaho’ at 30: Revisiting the seminal arthouse indie through the eyes of a lonely, horny teenager [Retrospective]

To this day, I still feel a close kinship with the disenfranchised, strung-out, narcoleptic gay hustler of Gus Van Sant’s… Read More

September 24, 2021

‘Glitter’ 20 years later: How its legacy and Mariah Carey have continued to shine

“Dear God, it’s all so tragic And I’ll never have the chance To feel the closure that I ultimately need…”… Read More

September 21, 2021

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