Tag: 80s

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March 29, 2021

Remembering the touching & tender “Lucas”

The underrated teen comedy-drama about a lonely, lovelorn nerd turns 35 this year.
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January 31, 2021

Sundance 2021: “Censor” is a video nasty throwback suitable for all rages

Prano Bailey-Bond makes her debut at Sundance with a chilling ode to the video nasty, featuring a killer turn from Niamh Algar.
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July 6, 2020

Joel Schumacher starts small with “The Incredible Shrinking Woman”

Schumacher's directorial debut is a silly, messy take on the restrictive gender roles of women in the household.
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May 2, 2020

May’s Filmmaker of the Month: The Friday the 13th Series

For the first film's 40th anniversary, we hack and slash our way through the long, bloody saga of Jason Voorhees and his journeys from hell to Manhattan to space.
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January 12, 2020

Since His Debut, Jim Jarmusch Has Been on “Permanent Vacation”

We look back at Jim Jarmusch's film debut and the way its sense of experimentation ripples through the rest of his career.
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December 11, 2019

Clint Eastwood: The Man, The Glare, The Movie Star

A tribute to one of the greatest icons in movie history.
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October 24, 2019

CIFF Dispatch: “Jojo Rabbit”, “A Girl Missing”, “The Torch” and More

(This dispatch is part of our coverage of the 2019 Chicago International Film Festival.) Welp, CIFF keeps chugging along, and the weather just keeps getting..
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October 18, 2019

David A. Weiner on ’80s Horror and “In Search of Darkness”

The director of the extensive '80s horror doc "In Search of Darkness" sits down to talk about nostalgia, gore, and the appeal of scary movies.
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October 11, 2019

Fantastic Fest: Christopher Winterbauer on Youth, Grief, and “Wyrm”

Wyrm writer/director Christopher Winterbauer sits down at Fantastic Fest to talk about the analog appeal of '80s kitsch and adapting shorts to features.
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October 7, 2019

In Search of Darkness Review: The Definitive ’80s Horror Documentary is Here

Just in time for Halloween, this monster-sized look at the most important decade in horror is thorough, affectionate, & endlessly entertaining.