nostalgia

Tribeca Film Festival 2024: BRATS: A Nostalgic Odyssey Back To The 1980s
Tribeca Film Festival 2024: BRATS: A Nostalgic Odyssey Back To The 1980s

Brats is a reminder old wounds can calcify and scab over turning into the foundation for something all the more beautiful.

The Nostalgic Brilliance Of TOP GUN: MAVERICK
The Nostalgic Brilliance Of TOP GUN: MAVERICK

Ultimately, Top: Gun Maverick preserves the atmosphere of a timeless era and places it in the modern-day, harnessing an infectious energy.

Wine Moms, Trad Wives And The Insidious Nostalgia Of DON'T WORRY DARLING
Wine Moms, Trad Wives And The Insidious Nostalgia Of DON’T WORRY DARLING

Don’t Worry Darling encourage passivity in their focus on the “seductiveness” of the material to the detriment of their politics.

The Art Of Redemption In COBRA KAI
The Art Of Redemption In COBRA KAI

Cobra Kai may look like a series leaning heavily on nostalgia and cheesy drama but deep down, it is a humane portrayal of one’s journey to redemption.

Nostalgia Done Right In COBRA KAI
Nostalgia Done Right In COBRA KAI

The series Cobra Kai falls in the category of doing nostalgia right, combining both elemnts of the films of the 1980s while also remaining fresh.

Book Review: "The Gamesmaster: Almost Famous In The Geek 80s"
Book Review: “The Gamesmaster: Almost Famous In The Geek 80s”

In “The Gamesmaster: Almost Famous in the Geek ’80s”, Flint Dille charts his course from an aimless college grad to a successful writer of the boob tube and silver screen.

Film Inquiry Roundtable Videocast #5: Do The Movies We Loved As Kids Hold Up?
Film Inquiry Roundtable Videocast #5: Do The Movies We Loved As Kids Hold Up?

The Film Inquiry team gets together for a casual roundtable during which we discuss the films we loved as kids and whether or not they hold up.

FORREST GUMP & Manipulating Your Emotions With Musical Score
FORREST GUMP Manipulates Your Emotions With Its Musical Score

William Hopson explores how Alan Silvestri’s score proves to be manipulative in the best possible way in Forrest Gump.

Berlinale 2020: Interview With DEATH OF NINTENDO Writer/Producer Valerie Martinez
Berlinale 2020: Interview With DEATH OF NINTENDO Writer/Producer Valerie Martinez

We were able to speak with Valerie Martinez, the writer and producer of Death of Nintendo.

A Musically-Gifted, Cosmically-Ambiguous & Cinematically-Shot Case For HAPPY FEET
A Musically-Gifted, Cosmically-Ambiguous & Cinematically-Shot Case For HAPPY FEET

Find whatever long-forgotten, critically-panned even, piece of your childhood that made you who you are today. Find that movie.Find your Happy Feet.

Fantastic Fest 2019: VHYES & The Magical Horror Of Television
Fantastic Fest 2019: VHYES & The Magical Horror Of Television

VHYES tells a poignant story about the odd agency a child can find in television, and the combination of joy and horror that, almost always, follows.

STRANGER THINGS SEASON 3: Strangely Familiar In All The Right Ways
STRANGER THINGS SEASON 3: Strangely Familiar In All The Right Ways

Season 3 of Stranger Things reminds us why we love this show, and it’s not just the nostalgia, it’s the characters.

TORA-SAN, OUR LOVABLE TRAMP: One of Japan's Nostalgic Keepsakes
TORA-SAN, OUR LOVABLE TRAMP: One Of Japan’s Nostalgic Keepsakes

Tora-san is one of Japan’s national treasures running roughshod over the nation’s norms while still functioning as a lovable reminder of bygone times.

Revisiting PARIS, TEXAS: How Wim Wenders Deconstructs Fragmented Memories
Revisiting PARIS, TEXAS: How Wim Wenders Deconstructs Fragmented Memories

Wim Wenders’ 1984 cult classic Paris, Texas creates a convincing and melancholic pastiche of the frenetic nature of nostalgia.

Interview With Rory Culkin, Star Of THE SONG OF SWAY LAKE
Interview With Rory Culkin, Star Of THE SONG OF SWAY LAKE

We spoke with Rory Culkin about his role in The Song of Sway Lake, what drew him to the subject matter, and his, at times, rocky relationship with director Ari Gold.