‘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 celebrate the 25th anniversary this... Read More
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 My Own Private Idaho. The... Read More
‘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…” These are some of the... Read More
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 past decades. The Field of... Read More
25 years later, the radical queerness of ‘A Very Brady Sequel’ lives on
We’re living in an IP hellscape. Superheroes dominate the box office, Disney shamelessly mimeographs their earlier animated offerings, and (although I turned it off an... Read More
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 she can easily recite this... Read More
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, wackiest ideas that have ever... Read More
‘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 never experienced Citizen Kane. I... Read More
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 hormone the brain releases that... Read More
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 day off-ers and I hopped... Read More
‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Pluribus,’ ‘Task’ and More on AFI’s Top 10 Films and Television of 2025 Lists 
‘Frankenstein’ to Receive Visionary Honor from Palm Springs International Film Awards 
Robert Yeoman to be Honored with American Society of Cinematographers’ Lifetime Achievement Award 
National Board of Review: ‘One Battle After Another’ Tops in Film, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor; Netflix Lands Four in Top 10