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Remembering Robert Duvall and Revisiting Network (1975). A Film That Saw the Future Before We Were Ready to Admit It. One of Cinema’s Greatest Warnings Disguised as Entertainment.
Remembering Robert Duvall and Revisiting Network (1975). A Film That Saw the Future Before We Were Ready to Admit It. One of Cinema’s Greatest Warnings Disguised as Entertainment. With him pass
Five Kids, One Saturday, And A Movie That Never Gets Old & Why The Breakfast Club Is Still One Of The Most Honest Films Of The 1980s
The Breakfast Club is one of those rare movies that sounds simple on paper but ends up meaning a lot more once you sit down and watch it. Released in 1985, it takes place almost…
Gattaca Still Feels Like the Future A Quiet Science Fiction Film That Hits Harder With Time (a warning against genetic determinism and eugenics)
Gattaca is one of those films that never needed explosions, aliens, or massive special effects to make its point. Released in 1997, it chose something far more unsettling. It…
They Live (1988) and the Warning Hiding in Plain Sight. John Carpenter Turned a B-Movie Concept into One of the Sharpest Social Commentaries.
John Carpenter’s They Live from 1988 is one of those films that feels more relevant every year instead of aging out. On the surface it looks like a scrappy sci-fi action flick…
Pump Up the Volume (1990) Was a Teen Movie That Took Free Speech Seriously A Loud, Messy, Necessary Film About Censorship, Fear, and the Power of Speaking Anyway
Pump Up the Volume (1990) is one of those movies that feels like it slipped through a crack in time. On the surface, it looks like a teen drama with attitude and attitude alone.…
Jackie Brown (1997) Is Quentin Tarantino’s Most Grown-Up Film An Underrated Crime Story That Gets Better the Further You Get From Pulp Fiction
Jackie Brown (1997) often lives in the shadow of Pulp Fiction, and that has always been a mistake. Coming off the cultural explosion of 1994, Quentin Tarantino surprised a lot of…
Valley Girl (1983): A Teen Romance That Outsmarted Its Own Stereotype. A movie that looked disposable on the surface and turned out to be quietly influential.
Released in 1983, Valley Girl arrived wrapped in bright colors, pop music, and mall culture, and a lot of people dismissed it immediately. That reaction is exactly why the film…