“The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you’re uncool.” A look back at ‘Almost Famous,’ released 20 years ago this week.
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When ‘Five Easy Pieces’ hit theaters 50 years ago, moviegoers saw a Jack Nicholson they hadn’t seen before – and rarely have since.
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When Alfred Hitchcock’s classic went into wide release 60 years ago today, it was preceded by a very unusual trailer. A look back at that clip, and the marketing it influenced:
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Death be not proud, though some have called theeMighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not soe,For, those, whom thou think’st, thou […]
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It’s one of the most striking openings in cinema history: A burly, shirtless man in a black hood stokes a brazier, […]
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Few films aimed at children have made the case for the value of every life as clearly as Babe did in […]
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Though box office bombs come and go, some live on in infamy. Kevin Reynolds’ post-apocalyptic action flick Waterworld holds the usual […]
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In the forty years since the release of Brian De Palma’s Dressed to Kill, the conversation has shifted from the controversy […]
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It is strange to consider how often teen movies are about young women, and how frequently those stories are told by […]
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The 1980s, packed full of kid-driven adventure films, has just as many beautiful disasters as it does universally beloved hits. But […]
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Genre filmmaking is a precise art, and yes, that includes the much-maligned romantic comedy. A number of intangibles all have to […]
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It is slightly cynical (but not necessarily inaccurate) to describe Disney’s business strategy for the last decade or so as built, […]
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