Retrospective

‘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

The legacy of ‘The Sandlot’ is still a home run almost 30 years later

As America’s national past time, the sport of baseball has contributed to some of the most beloved family films in… Read More

September 8, 2021

25 years later, the radical queerness of ‘A Very Brady Sequel’ lives on

Photo via YouTube We’re living in an IP hellscape. Superheroes dominate the box office, Disney shamelessly mimeographs their earlier animated… Read More

August 24, 2021

Retrospective: 20 years later, Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway remain the brightest crown jewels of ‘The Princess Diaries’

“Amelia Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldi. Princess. Of. Genovia.” Give a woman of a certain age a microphone (and several cocktails—guilty) and… Read More

July 28, 2021

Retrospective: 5 years later, ‘Shin Godzilla’ is still the beacon of hope we need

The Godzilla franchise is 67 years old. Six decades of a dedicated fan-base that has embraced some of the silliest,… Read More

July 26, 2021

‘Wet Hot American Summer’ at 20: the ‘Nashville’ of absurdist cinema [Retrospective]

Some folks have never seen a Star Wars movie. There are diehard film fans in this world who have still… Read More

July 26, 2021

Retrospective: 20 Years on, ‘Legally Blonde’ is a pink, empowered reminder to be yourself

A few weeks ago I was talking to my boyfriend and he was trying to remember the name of a… Read More

July 11, 2021

10 years ago, ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2’ taught us how to say goodbye [Retrospective]

It was July 19th, 2011. It was finally Monday, my day off from camp counselor duties, and my fellow Monday… Read More

July 8, 2021

Retrospective: Revisiting the queer teenage heartbreak of 1998’s ‘Edge of Seventeen’

Almost 25 years later David Moreton’s pitch perfect, queer classic still cuts deep In the summer of 2009, no more… Read More

June 22, 2021

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