Richard Burton, Slow Burn Nihilism, and ‘The Medusa Touch’
Welcome to The Prime Sublime, a weekly column dedicated to the underseen and underloved films buried beneath page after page of far more popular fare on Amazon’s Prime Video collection. We’re not just...
View ArticleThe Messiness of ‘To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You’
When To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before released on Netflix in the late summer of 2018, nobody suspected it would become a pop culture phenomenon. So, it was no surprise that both the sequel and last...
View Article‘The Night Stalker’ Paved the Way for the Supernatural Procedural Boom
Welcome to 4:3 & Forgotten — a weekly column in which Rob Hunter and I get to look back at TV terrors that scared adults (and the kids they let watch) across the limited airwaves of the ’70s. This...
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Watch ‘A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon,’ Then Watch These Movies
The purpose of the Movies to Watch After column has always been to recommend the forebears of modern cinema, with all its constant classic film homages and other pop culture Easter eggs. Typically, I...
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When a Shot is So Perfect It Can’t Be Remade
There’s a tendency for us to call any particularly strong cinematic memory iconic. The images that were plastered into our minds as children always hold a nostalgic charge that in some cases inflates...
View ArticleHow Current Cinema is Decoding Lesbian Stereotypes Forged by the Hays Code
This is part of our series Origin Stories, a biweekly column that uses film history to understand the hot topics of today. One of the biggest films to come out of the festival circuit last year,...
View ArticleThe Beauty of ‘Doc Savage’ Is Its Old School Earnestness
Doc Savage isn’t as popular as Batman and Superman, but they might not exist without The Man of Bronze. The pulpy precursor to comic book superheroes has been around since 1933, inspiring the creation...
View Article‘The Call of the Wild’ Rejuvenates Box Office for Dog Movies
Disney had a massive hit with computer-generated cats last year (this one, not that one), and now they’re having some success with a CG dog. The studio released the latest version of The Call of the...
View Article‘Life As We Know It’ Was the Best Teen Drama No One Watched
Welcome to Petition Worthy, a biweekly column that revisits canceled TV shows that we wish had a longer lifespan. In some cases, we’ll also make a plea for them to be given another chance. Teen...
View ArticleHow ‘Emma.’ Embraces the Screwball Comedy of Jane Austen
Jane Austen adaptations are hilariously witty period pieces that are always a delight to watch, and Autumn De Wilde‘s Emma. is no exception. Along with luscious costumes and sets, the film brings the...
View ArticleKim Hye-ja and The Multitudes Behind Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Mother’
Acting is an art form, and behind every iconic character is an artist expressing themselves. Welcome to The Great Performances, a bi-weekly column exploring the art behind some of cinema’s best roles....
View Article‘The Invisible Man’ Delivers Some Very Visible Thrills and Chills
It was always a bit odd that Universal Pictures never quite got around to revisiting its famous monsters properly, especially with the knowledge that their movies from the 30s were a precursor to...
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Saoirse Ronan’s Unconventional Heroines
Only in her mid-twenties, Saoirse Ronan already sports a consistently noteworthy cinematic career. Anyone who’s paid attention to Hollywood’s heavy-hitting dramatic performances in the past decade...
View ArticleThe 20th Century Studios Logo Represents History Repeating Itself
It was only a matter of time before Disney started rebranding its Fox acquisitions. Going forward, Fox Searchlight will be known as Searchlight Pictures, while 20th Century Fox will be called 20th...
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Every Episode of ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ Ranked
Episode rankings are a funny thing. They’re written with an air of authority, but they’re mostly a surefire way to confirm that your experiences are your own and your priorities are nothing like anyone...
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Our Pick of the Week Performs a Bicycle Kick to Your Heart
Welcome to this week in home video! Pick of the Week Victory [Warner Archive] What is it? POWs plan an escape during a soccer match. Why see it? John Huston’s World War II film remains a terrific look...
View ArticleThe Ending of ‘The Invisible Man’ Explained
Before the dreaded invention of the internet and the wretched, faceless avatars that populate it, the Invisible Man franchise revealed the transformative villainy of anonymity. Baked into author H.G....
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Why Movies Love Blue Butterflies Best
Welcome to Elements of Story, a biweekly column about narrative tropes, what they mean, and why they just won’t go away. Biologically, butterflies are a clade of insects within the order Lepidoptera....
View ArticleThe ‘Indiana Jones’ Movies That Could Have Been
The Indiana Jones franchise turns 40 next year, and to mark the milestone event, a brand new movie will hit theaters. Harrison Ford is returning as the titular archaeologist, but Steven Spielberg...
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Watch ‘I Am Not Okay with This,’ Then Watch These Movies
The latest coming-of-age series from Netflix combines two of the streaming service’s best. I am Not Okay with This is actually produced and directed by Jonathan Entwistle, who also gave us The End of...
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