Category: Looking Back

Perhaps the most notable example of a prominent movie genre that disappeared almost entirely is the Western. Once inescapable — there […]

“It’s 1927. We’re modern folk!” Lady Edith’s husband Bertie (Harry Hadden-Paton) declares in Downton Abbey when he and his wife (Laura […]

Long before he corralled some of the screen’s most skilled improvisers to make such classic mockumentaries as Waiting for Guffman, Best […]

1999 is considered one of the strongest years of cinema in living memory. There will no doubt be countless articles in […]

The idea of people pushed to their limits serves as the bedrock for countless works of art, from revenge tragedies to […]

Tim Burton’s 1994 biopic Ed Wood introduces its title character during his days operating on the fringes of the Los Angeles […]

We’re the scarecrow people, have we got lots in common with you. And if you don’t start living, well, you’re all […]

Being a teenager is tough, but it’s also thrilling, and the best teen movies capture the angst and the exuberance of […]

(Editor’s Corner is where Eric talks about overlooked gems, film history, or whatever else he wants to talk about because he’s […]

I don’t always remember specific experiences I had watching movies in the theater, but I distinctly remember seeing Open Water at […]

Road trips have long been a fixture of the comedy genre. From the Frank Capra masterwork It Happened One Night (1934) […]