‘The Star’ retrospective: Bette Davis put the camp in Oscar campaign in the zenith of meta awards movies
“C’mon, Oscar,” says Bette Davis in The Star (1952), clutching one of her own golden statuettes from the 1930s. “Let’s you and me get drunk!”... Read More
Retrospective
‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ at 30: Justice for Keanu!
Ever since its 1992 release, Francis Ford Coppola’s gonzo pop horror masterpiece Bram Stoker’s Dracula has played host to a performance that regularly tops lists... Read More
‘What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?’ at 60: The horror of self-obsession and how art imitated life for Bette Davis and Joan Crawford [Retrospective]
The recent drama surrounding Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling was made up less of outright battles between the film’s key players and more of passive-aggressive... Read More
From ‘Mystic Pizza’ to ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding,’ every Julia Roberts rom-com, ranked
Julia Roberts has been many things throughout her storied 35-year career: Tinkerbell, a Flatliner, a Wicked Stepmother, a regular stepmother, even a Julia Roberts impersonator.... Read More
The Original Final Girl: An ode to Laurie Strode and the end of ‘Halloween’
Burn your Laura Dern in Jurassic Park costume, turn off Hocus Pocus and throw your candy in the damn river because Halloween Ends (ended?) on... Read More
‘Jackass: The Movie’: 20 years later, the era of the teenage dirtbag lives on, concussions be damned
‘Jackass: The Movie’: 20 years later, the era of the teenage dirtbag lives on, concussions be damned
The Jackass film franchise is now twenty years old. With four films under their belt (plus three extra bonus feature films and a handful of... Read More
‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’ at 10: How Stephen Chbosky turned “We accept the love we think we deserve” into a teenage celebration of self [Retrospective]
If you were a certain kind of teenager in 2012, The Perks of Being a Wallflower would’ve been your Bible. It defined how it felt... Read More
‘The Ice Storm’ retrospective: How Ang Lee’s 70s suburban American drama remains his most underrated masterpiece
If a director is lucky enough to find success in Hollywood, chances are they will stick with whatever works – it’s the rare director who... Read More
‘Pink Floyd: The Wall’ at 40 retrospective: What the classic concept album turned jaw-dropping rock opera told us about the chilling rise of white male rage
On May 23, 1982, at the Cannes Film Festival, the lights rose after the world premiere screening of Pink Floyd: The Wall and director Alan... Read More
‘L.A. Confidential’ retrospective: At 25, still the best neo-noir film of the latter 20th century
Kids today are so spoiled, with their Moonlights and Parasites and Nomadlands and CODAs winning Best Picture at the Oscars. Life seems so just and... 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