AwardsWatch - Retrospective

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

Christina Izzo July 28, 2021

“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

Kevin L. Lee July 26, 2021

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]

Kyle Wilson July 26, 2021

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

Hanna Flint July 11, 2021

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]

Nick Brovender July 8, 2021

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

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

Liam Gareau June 22, 2021

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

‘A.I. Artificial Intelligence’ at 20: Spielberg’s misunderstood classic takes a licking and keeps on ticking [Retrospective]

Manish Mathur June 21, 2021

What can one really say about Steven Spielberg? He’s one of the all-time greats, a once-in-a-lifetime talent. He’s commercially successful, artistically unmatched, and influential for... Read More

‘Moulin Rouge!’ retrospective: 20 years later we still haven’t stopped feeling Truth, Beauty, Freedom, and above all things, Love

Nick Brovender May 24, 2021

“So she has to sleep in the same bed as someone else for a night, what’s the big deal?” Such was my chief frustration with... Read More

Retrospective: After 20 years, ‘A Knight’s Tale’ has yet to change its stars with critics, and that’s a shame

Jon Negroni May 6, 2021

A Knight’s Tale was my first theatrical surprise. My mother dragged me to the multiplex in late May of 2001, kicking and screaming all the... Read More

Retrospective: 20 years later, ‘Josie and the Pussycats’ endures as a cutting critique of consumerism

Natalia Keogan April 5, 2021

Unfortunately, there’s no denying that the 2001 Josie and the Pussycats live-action movie was an objective flop. It grossed less than its production budget at... Read More