Category: Happy Birthday

On the anniversary of the action smash’s release, a look back at the attitudes of that precarious era, and why it was such effective propaganda.

The contemporary music and cultural bookmarks of the two films – released within a week of each other twenty years ago – weren’t inserted in laziness or error, but to better connect modern audiences with stories of the distant past.

When it hit theaters 25 years ago, critics dismissed it as an empty blockbuster. But looking back, ‘Twister’ has more heart and soul than it gets credit for.

On its 70th anniversary, a look back at the chilling sci-fi/horror film that is, these days, too often viewed only in comparison to its remake.

Abel Ferrara’s revenge thriller (released forty years ago this month) remains both a genre masterpiece and a staggering examination of sexual politics and rape culture.

With only one week between them, the film adaptations of ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’ and ‘The Kids in the Hall’ hit theaters 25 years ago. It didn’t go so well for either of them.

The teen erotic thriller, released 25 years ago this week, is a silly, entertaining time capsule with more on its mind than you might think.

For its 40th anniversary, a look back at the soulful center of Michael Mann’s big-screen breakthrough.

Spike Lee’s phone sex comedy, released 25 years ago this week, is a mess – but one full of interesting and often timely ideas.

How the paranoia of the late-‘60s seeped into two very different sci-fi movies from March of 1971:

The 1996 adaptation of ‘La Cage aux Folles,’ released 25 years ago this week, was a groundbreaking hit of queer cinema – while reflecting its era in some now discomforting ways.

In the John Woo-directed action film, released 25 years ago this month, Christian Slater attempted to bend his Gen-X bad boy persona into a ‘90s popcorn mold.