Anniversaries “‘Like Unbeatable’ Is Not Unbeatable!” The 30th Anniversary of A Honeymoon in Vegas The 90s romcom gives viewers a chance to appreciate an underrated tool in James Caan's repertoire and too infrequently mentioned comedic screenwriter/director.
Anniversaries “I Am The Future!” The 40th Reunion Of Class Of 1984 The sleazy exploitation film offers surprisingly more in terms of style and substance than a viewer might expect.
Anniversaries Night Shift at 40: Michael Keaton shines and Ron Howard gets wonderfully zany Night Shift, Ron Howard's Michael Keaton-star-making mortuary-set sex comedy, is unlike anything he's made in quite some time.
Anniversaries “They Haven’t Built A Circuit That Could Hold You!” Tron at 40 A look back at the notorious sci-fi bomb that ended up becoming one of the most influential movies in the genre.
Anniversaries The Untouchables at 35: Mucking with the Gs We look back at Brian De Palma's rapturous crime thriller, one of his most invigorating grasps at mainstream success.
Anniversaries Smokey and the Bandit at 45:”What the hell is the world coming to?” Hal Needham's good-old-boy romp is still as silly and dumb and charming as it was nearly a half-century ago.
Anniversaries “Day in, day out”: Control at 15 and loss of the self Anton Corbijn's biopic of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis remains a tactful, fearfully accurate depiction of life while suicidal.
Anniversaries “I think they’re wonderful”: Ishtar at 35 is funnier than ever Elaine May's one-and-done comic flop is far funnier and more incisive than its reputation implies.
Anniversaries “The next-to-last mimzy”:Jabberwocky at 45 Terry Gilliam's first solo directorial effort is a cracked fairy tale that hints at his artistic future.
Anniversaries “We’ve met before, haven’t we?” Lost Highway at 25 A look back at one of David Lynch's most perplexing motion pictures (and that's saying something).
Anniversaries Cabaret at 50: Spectacle can’t hide horror forever Bob Fosse's adaptation of the dying days of Weimar musical remains both gorgeous and haunting a half century on.
Anniversaries Ralph Bakshi’s Wizards at 45 (Give or two million years and an apocalypse) Decades on, the legendary animator's science fantasy is eccentric, messy, and striking.
Anniversaries “Apparently He Has Been Selecting Low-Power Jokes.” Hey, Somebody Has To Write About Heartbeeps A re-evaluation of Andy Kaufman's biggest film role leads to more or less the same conclusions.
Anniversaries Reevaluating Billy Wilder’s final film, Buddy Buddy The legendary filmmaker's last bow is a fascinating misfire starring Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon (and a bonkers Klaus Kinski).
Anniversaries “You’re not curator of anything!” Ragtime at 40 Milos Forman's 1981 adaptation of the E.L. Doctorow novel survived a change of directors to become a fascinating cult curio 40 years on.
Anniversaries Human Again: Civilization and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Disney's 1991 adaptation of the French fairytale is an all-time classic of animation whose legacy extends beyond the picture itself.
Anniversaries Amélie remain an ode to living in the now, even 20 years later Years of jokes and dismissals haven't diminished the delightful fantasy of their modern French fairy tale.
Anniversaries “Barbie doesn’t have bruises” Sid & Nancy at 35 Alex Cox's Sid Vicious/Nancy Spungen biopic is harrowing, but his unsentimental eye and the picture's tremendous performances are indelible.
Anniversaries “You Don’t Know What Death Is!”: Halloween II at 40 Halloween II, the 1981 sequel, may be better than many of its successors, but that doesn't make it good.
Anniversaries On the Line at 20: still dreadful, but fascinating through a queer lens On the Line, *NSYNC singer Lance Bass' painful Chicago romcom tried to sell a sanitized, straight image of the singer—one that clashed with his true sexuality.
Anniversaries A Celebration Of Specialness: True Stories at 35 David Byrne's winsome wisp of a film didn't get the attention it deserved upon release, but its charms persist 35 years later.