Anniversaries Boosting the signal of 2001’s cult space Western musical The American Astronaut Twenty years on, Cory McAbee's singular cult film is nearly as impossible to find as it is to look away from.
Anniversaries Mommie Dearest turned the celebrity biopic into a camp delight The “nothing but warts” portrayal of Joan Crawford turns 40, & remains an eye-popping display of pathos, kitsch & unintended hilarity.
Anniversaries “It’s Just You And Me Now, Sport”: Manhunter at 35 We look back at Michael Mann's moody, underappreciated take on the Hannibal Lector (sorry Lecktor) mythos, thirty-five years later.
Anniversaries The romantic tragedy of David Cronenberg’s The Fly On its 35th anniversary, a look back at both the gold standard in body horror, & an affecting love story.
Anniversaries Revisiting the calamitous Howard the Duck at 35 Howard the Duck is an utter mess, and the costume is terrifying, but at least it's distinct in its failure!
Anniversaries Escape from New York at 40: Snake still stands supreme John Carpenter's Kurt Russell-starring dystopian actioner boasts one of western cinema's a-number-one anti-heroes.
Anniversaries Two-Lane Blacktop at 50 (years, not miles) A half-century on, we look at the fast and furious American arthouse car flick that became, against all odds, a landmark of independent cinema.
Anniversaries “I’ll finally be free” – Psycho III at 35 By: Peter Sobczynski Anthony Perkins - Norman Bates himself - steps behind the camera to make a morbidly funny and surprisingly moving Psycho sequel.
Anniversaries A.I. Artificial Intelligence and the love that makes a real boy At 20, the Stanley Kubrick Steven Spielberg science-fiction collaboration "A.I." remains a moving, haunting study of the human heart.
Anniversaries “Bears wear hats”: “The Great Muppet Caper” at 40 Kermit and company's second big-screen outing is a hodgepodge comedy partially redeemed by the great Charles Grodin.
Anniversaries 50 years on, “Klute” is still its own kind of noir Alan J. Pakula's first installment of his Paranoia Trilogy remains a slyly feminist tale anchored by breakout work from Jane Fonda.
Anniversaries America wasn’t ready for “The Cable Guy” Audiences didn’t know what to make of a new & deeply unsettling Jim Carrey in Ben Stiller’s dark comedy.
Anniversaries “Duct tape will not make an honest man out of you”: “A Prairie Home Companion” at 15 Robert Altman's swan song remains a mesh of spontaneity and character detail further lifted by its ensemble cast.
Anniversaries Between Bayhem and banality: “Pearl Harbor” at 20 With his 2001 epic, Michael Bay solidified himself as an all-American auteur, as well as the bombastic concept of Bayhem.
Anniversaries ‘We Will Not Lie Down For Some Schmuck From New Jersey!’ “Hudson Hawk” at 30 By: Peter Sobczynski Bruce Willis' infamous megaflop may have been greeted with a collective "whuh?", but it rather rules as a movie.
Anniversaries ‘Now I Think It’s Time To Waste You.’ “Cobra” at 35 By: Peter Sobczynski Sylvester Stallone's ludicrous tough guy cop picture is the most ludicrous tough guy cop picture.
Anniversaries At 20, “Carmen: A Hip Hopera” is a film like no other By: B.L. Panther Robert Townsend's modernized MTV adaptation of the famous opera is a compelling movie and a fascinating picture of pop culture in 2001.
Anniversaries How “Bridesmaids” put female friendship center stage Ten years ago, Paul Feig's uproarious comedy centered the lives and relationships of women in revolutionary ways.
Anniversaries At 5, “Green Room” remains indelibly vicious and humane Jeremy Saulnier's brutal thriller feels even more urgent and frightening now than it did upon release.
Anniversaries “Sick is the new sane”: “Scream 4” at 10 From meta commentary to social commentary, Wes Craven's final film is a bundle of cinephilic sarcasm that was ahead of its time.
Anniversaries 20 years later, “Josie & the Pussycats” still slaps The clever satire of pop culture consumerism is still as fresh and relevant as ever.