retrospective
9 to 5 has laughs from beginning to end, a catchy theme song, clever editing techniques, and inspirational characters who prove that we’re better united than divided.
With the revival of witchcraft in pop culture, now seems like the right time to look back on Practical Magic starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman.
The Colour of Pomegranates is not only a window into the age of silent cinema, transplanted to 1969 but a window into a new way of thinking.
Warren Beatty’s Reds may be the final prestige picture that ideologically represents New Hollywood. Read our retrospective review of the 1981 epic.
While it would take the serious alienation, River of Grass has all of the seeds that would bloom into one of the 2000s greatest filmmakers.
With conspiracies theories and boogeymen on the rise, Joe Dante’s The ‘Burbs may be more relevant now than ever before.
Nowhere Boy is a coming of age biopic based off of the formative years of John Lennon’s life and his ensuing journey into rock and roll.
Wim Wenders’ 1984 cult classic Paris, Texas creates a convincing and melancholic pastiche of the frenetic nature of nostalgia.
Surviving the experience of Queen of Diamons means being rewarded with a film that has more to say with far fewer words than much of independent cinema today.
I came to the conclusion that I like watching paint dry because not only did…
Cannon Films attempted to get into the animation market in 1986 – and the result was a hated film that remains out of print to this day.
In the age of toxic masculinity at its most unbearably malignant, Fight Club is still an effective parody of the spread of hate between generations.
Sergio Leone compiled everything great about Westerns in Once Upon a Time in the West, and created as distinctive an entry as the world had ever seen.
Yes, It’s a Wonderful Life is wholeheartedly a festive classic of the highest order, but it is, more importantly, a lesson that teaches us true richness cannot be determined by wealth.
Jingle all the Way is undeniably a trashy film, but it’s hard to beat the comedy of Arnold Schwarzenegger running around town fighting his way to purchase a Turbo Man action figure.