‘Beware! The Blob’ at 50: The genre osmosis of the first and last film directed by Larry Hagman [Retrospective]
Fans of classic television will most likely remember Larry Hagman as the menacing J.R. Ewing on CBS’s Dallas, or in his earlier role as Anthony... Read More
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From ‘The Birdcage’ to ‘Happy Together’ to ‘Tangerine,’ 10 LGBTQ+ stories that go beyond the coming out narrative
Historically, there has been one particular storyline prevalent in queer cinema: The coming-out narrative. Stories revolving around a queer protagonist’s journey of coming out of... Read More
‘Withnail & I’ retrospective: The queer cult classic that launched Richard E. Grant’s career turns 35
Withnail & I is a throbbing hangover, the dirty, disgusting apartment you wake up to on a Sunday morning in your youth. It’s a cult... Read More
‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’ retrospective: The rom-com that flipped the genre on its head and cemented Julia Roberts’ status as a full-fledged star
The 1997 romantic comedy My Best Friend’s Wedding is unhinged in many ways. For starters, it begins with an opening credits musical sequence to Burt... Read More
‘Grease 2’ retrospective: How the horny, audacious, gender-swapped sequel became a bigger (better?) cult hit than its predecessor
Let’s get this out of the way – I’m one of those freaks who saw Grease 2 first. I thought it was bad, but fun.... Read More
One year later, ‘Bo Burnham: Inside’ remains a perfect pandemic time capsule [Retrospective]
Bo Burnham: Inside is premised upon both a literal and artistic isolation; a one-man special created in a backyard shed, written, directed, edited, and filmed... Read More
‘My Cousin Vinny’ retrospective: ‘Yutes,’ grits and how Marisa Tomei’s Oscar win is still ticking after 30 years
Tick-tock, tick-tock. Yes, that is the sound of your biological clock ticking…like…this because 2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the Academy Award winning comedy classic,... Read More
Robert Altman’s melancholic murder mystery ‘Gosford Park’ turns 20 and it’s as rich as it’s ever been [Retrospective]
I remember, sitting in the theater, the distinctive feeling of immediate intimacy while watching Kelly MacDonald in a cramped front seat, looking out rain-speckled windows... Read More
The sneaky universality of ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ [Retrospective]
There’s a famous Tolstoy quote that says, “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” And yet, The Royal... Read More
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, Harold and Maude. Starring Ruth... Read More
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