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Tag: Perfect Movies

Perfect Movies: Back to the Future

Is this yet another Gen Y/early “Millenial” (ugh) article about the movies people of my age watched as children back … More

1980s, 1985, American culture, Back to the Future, BttF, comedy, Doc Brown, film theory, Gen Y, Marty McFly, nostalgia, Oregon Train Generation, Perfect Movies, Robert Zemeckis, sci-fi, Steven Spielberg

Perfect Movies: Paris, Texas

Movies are brilliant constructions of image, sound, and dialogue. Although this seems to be a reductive analysis of what comprises … More

1984, Criterion, film, harry dean stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Paris Texas, Perfect Movies, Wim Wenders

Perfect Movies: The Godfather: Part II

Crime–specifically gangster–movies have come a long way since the early days of cinema. From early lurid crime pictures like Howard … More

1974, Al Pacino, Francis Ford Coppola, incredible, John Cazale, landmark, movie, Perfect Movies, Robert DeNiro, The Godfather Part II

Perfect Movies: Terrence Malick’s First 5 Films

Terrence Malick is one of the most interesting directors of both the 20th and 21st century. For decades known as … More

Badlands, Days of Heaven, director, film, filmography, Perfect Movies, Terrence Malick, The New World, The Thin Red Line, The Tree of Life

Perfect Movies: Chasing Amy

Movies don’t have to be glamorous affairs of great spectacle and directorial flourishes that astonish the viewer to be perfect. … More

1997, Alyssa, Banky, Chasing Amy, Holden, Kevin Smith, New Jersey, Perfect Movies, romantic comedy, sexuality

Perfect Movies: Amadeus

What makes a genius? Divine inspiration? Hard work? A discipline forged in fire and molded by repetitive strikes from the … More

1984, Amadeus, F Murray Abraham, film, Milos Forman, Perfect Movies, Tom Hulce

Perfect Movies: The Blues Brothers

“We’re on a mission from God.” And it’s not just a boast or else some tough-sounding phrase when spoken with … More

1980, Aretha Franklin, comedy, Dan Ackroyd, film, John Belushi, musical, Perfect Movies, Ray Charles, The Blues Brothers

Perfect Movies: Monkey Business

There may be no more perfect comedy configuration on film than the Marx Brothers. I have had some dark days in … More

1931, comedy, culture, film, Marx Brothers, Monkey Business, Perfect Movies

Perfect Movies: American Psycho

“You like Huey Lewis & The News?” I sure do, and Patrick Bateman makes a great argument for the strengths … More

2000, American Psycho, analysis, Christian Bale, culture, film, Harron, Patrick Bateman, Perfect Movies, review

Perfect Movies: Blade Runner

Do androids dream of electric sheep? This question–the title of Philip K. Dick’s novel that serves as the basis for … More

1982, analysis, Blade Runner, culture, film, Harrison Ford, Perfect Movies, science fiction

Perfect Movies: The Big Lebowski

The Dude abides. But how? With the Gulf War raging in the background and as the slings and arrows of … More

criticism, culture, film, Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Perfect Movies, The Big Lebowski

Perfect Movies: The Breakfast Club

It is a truth universally acknowledged that being a teenager sucks. Not objectively, of course: as an increasingly cantankerous adult, … More

1985, 80s films, analysis, detention, Perfect Movies, teenagers, The Breakfast Club

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