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Posted on09/22/202303/02/2024inLooking Back, Classic Cornerby Craig J. Clark5 min read

Classic Corner: Massacre at Central High

The first film in the Criterion Channel’s “High School Horror” collection proves ordinary people make the scariest monsters.

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Posted on09/21/202303/02/2024inHappy Birthday, Looking Backby Josh Bell7 min read

How Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused Launched an Informal Semi-Autobiographical Coming-of-Age Trilogy

Thirty years ago, Richard Linklater made a high school hangout comedy inspired by his Texas youth, which then shaped two more of his personal films decades later.

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Posted on09/20/202303/02/2024inLooking Backby Craig D. Lindsey5 min read

Harvey’s Hellhole: Farewell My Concubine

As ‘Farewell My Concubine’ gets an uncut, 30th-anniversary re-release this weekend, we look back at the Cannes-winning, politically charged melodrama that was trimmed by Chinese sensors AND Harvey Weinstein.

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Posted on09/19/202303/02/2024inHappy Birthday, Looking Backby Zach Vasquez6 min read

Can’t Keep an Old King Down Forever: Bubba Ho-Tep at Twenty

On the 20th anniversary of its release, an up-close-and-personal look at the making of Don Coscarelli’s cult classic.

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Posted on09/15/202303/02/2024inLooking Back, Classic Cornerby Craig J. Clark5 min read

Classic Corner: Don’t Look Now

The city of Venice has been the setting for many macabre tales. With “Don’t Look Now,” director Nicolas Roeg told one of its most chilling.

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Posted on09/13/202303/02/2024inHappy Birthday, Looking Backby Anna McKibbin5 min read

Why Edith Wharton and Martin Scorsese Were the Perfect Creative Collaboration

Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Age of Innocence’ remains one of the only adaptations of Edith Wharton’s work. On its 30th anniversary, we explore what binds these two artists together.

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Posted on09/11/202303/02/2024inHappy Birthday, Looking Backby Sara Batkie6 min read

Nothing More Than This: Lost in Translation at 20

Not everything about Sofia Coppola’s second film has aged like a fine wine, but its portrait of two adrift souls is timeless.

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Posted on09/08/202303/02/2024inLooking Back, Classic Cornerby Sean Burns7 min read

Classic Corner: The Last Waltz

When Robbie Robertson passed last month, he left behind arguably the greatest concert film ever made.

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Posted on09/01/202303/02/2024inLooking Back, Classic Cornerby Josh Bell5 min read

Classic Corner: Eight Men Out

One of the greatest baseball movies of all time is about exploited players who can only assert their value by losing on purpose.

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Posted on08/31/202303/02/2024inLooking Backby Chelsea Spear6 min read

How The Butcher Boy Immortalized Sinead O’Connor’s Spiritual Journey

Neil Jordan’s collaboration with Sinead O’Connor is a lasting testament to their friendship and to the values in which she was most invested.

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Posted on08/30/202303/02/2024inLooking Backby Craig D. Lindsey5 min read

Harvey’s Hellhole: Hip-Hop Edition

Welcome to Harvey’s Hellhole, a monthly column devoted to spotlighting the movies that were poorly marketed, mishandled, reshaped, neglected or just […]

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Posted on08/30/202303/02/2024inHappy Birthday, Looking Backby Guy Davis5 min read

Blade at 25: Blazing the Trail for Wick

Before Keanu wreaked havoc on a mysterious, arcane underworld in the John Wick franchise, Wesley Snipes boldly walked a similar path as vampire hunter Blade.

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