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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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