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12/09/202112/15/2024inLooking Backby Cian Tsang8 min read

You and Your Kin: Familial Horror in The Curse of the Cat People

In our ongoing quest to expand the holiday canon, we offer up Gunther von Fritsch and Robert Wise‘s 1944 sequel to the classic B-movie.

12/08/202103/02/2024inLooking Backby Audrey Fox6 min read

Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and the Ill-Fated Boom of the Literary Fantasy Epic

On their twentieth anniversaries, a look back at the considerable impact of two giant movie franchises, for good and ill. (Mostly ill.)

12/06/202103/02/2024inHappy Birthday, Looking Backby Julia Sirmons5 min read

The Cynical Sentiment of Network

The acidity of Lumet and Chayefsky’s classic – released 45 years ago – has been duly noted. But what about its heart?

12/03/202103/02/2024inLooking Backby Megan Feeney8 min read

Classic Corner: Nightmare Alley

This 1947 Tyrone Power vehicle has become a film noir favorite. A look back, on the eve of Guillermo del Toro’s remake:

12/01/202103/02/2024inLooking Backby Craig D. Lindsey7 min read

Harvey’s Hellhole: Mimic

Back in 1997, Miramax did Guillermo del Toro dirty. With his “Nightmare Alley” on the way, we look back at that ill-fated collaboration.

11/29/202103/02/2024inLooking Backby Edwin Arnaudin9 min read

The Eternal Adaptability of Heaven Can Wait

With Warren Beatty’s 1978 version out this week on Blu-ray, we take a look at the various screen iterations of ‘Here Comes Mr. Jordan,’ aka ‘Heaven Can Wait.’

11/29/202103/02/2024inLooking Backby Audrey Fox5 min read

The Power of the Dog, the Western, and the Myth of the Masculine Ideal

The new Jane Campion film’s deconstruction of masculinity in the western is quite effective – but it’s not as revolutionary as you might think.

11/24/202103/02/2024inLooking Backby Chelsea Spear5 min read

Forgotten Silver and Peter Jackson’s Mockumentary Roots

Long before “Get Back,” Peter Jackson was experimenting with the documentary form in this playful slice of fictional film history.

11/22/202103/02/2024inLooking Backby Kayleigh Donaldson6 min read

Holy Smoke!: Jane Campion’s Battle of the Sexes

With ‘The Power of the Dog’ on the horizon, a look back at one of Jane Campion’s less acknowledged – but most striking – earlier works.

11/19/202103/02/2024inLooking Back, Classic Cornerby Sean Burns5 min read

Classic Corner: Doc

Frank Perry’s stark anti-Western (now streaming on Hulu and Paramount+) is a revisionist take on one of the most frequently filmed legends of the Old West.