Has It Aged Well?

For a movie that performed so modestly at the box office that even referring to it as a “summer sleeper” seems…

Before we begin, I must get this out of the way (clears throat): 🎶Batter up... 🎶

Once upon a time, referring to a piece of mainstream art as a “vanity project” was a common dismissal. It may be…

There are imperial phases—the period in a pop star’s career when virtually everything they touch is gold and…

Since the dawn of time, or 1986 (close enough), people have given Tony Scott’s Top Gun the kind of fluttery side eye…

Joel Schumacher was resolute: His Batman (portrayed by Val Kilmer and then George Clooney) and his Robin (Chris…

Just weeks ago, the argument to defund or abolish the police was rarely heard within the mainstream. As a result of…

Seeing as Memorial Day marked the unofficial start of a summer that could very well prove to be one spent entirely…

Almost 30 years after its release, Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs still shocks me. No matter how much I’m…

“It’s never as good as the first time,” Sade Adu sang of love. I have rarely, if ever, found this to be true (third…

While it filmed in New York during the summer of 1979, gay activists tried to cancel Cruising. They made noise…

It is impossible to discuss William Friedkin’s 1973 film adaptation of the William Peter Blatty novel The Exorcist…

There are few things more comforting than stoking the fires of nostalgia and revisiting old movies. In theory.…