While many nostalgia and period pieces about the 1960s were released in the 1990s, few were aimed so steadfastly at the younger generation as Mermaids. Based on the young [...]
With so much nostalgia currently circulating around the 1990s, it’s easy to forget that the 1990s were themselves a highly nostalgic period. As Baby Boomers were coming of [...]
1. The arrival of a new world Throughout this most intoxicating of 80s comedies, Ferris, Sloane and Cameron quiver on the verge of a world of images. Every scene is on the [...]
There’s something strange about seeing Bridget Jones on the big screen after all these years. Strange, because it seems as if she should have returned for a third film much [...]
Robert Altman’s Vincent and Theo occupies a curious position within his filmography. At the time, it was regarded as a return to form after a series of critical and [...]
It’s been about a month since I saw Ghostbusters and the first thing that strikes me when sitting down to write about it is how utterly forgettable it turns out to have [...]
Not only does David Sandberg’s debut film turn on the best horror premise since It Follows, but it turns on a premise so brilliant that it’s hard to believe that it’s [...]
One of the first major post-Hammer adaptations of Bram Stoker’s novel, John Badham’s Dracula stars Frank Langella in the title role, along with Donald Pleasance as Dr. [...]
While it may not reach as many audiences or become quite as engrained in popular culture, Whit Stillman’s Love & Friendship is the most thorough reinvention of Jane [...]
Written by Barry Levinson and Valerie Curtin and based on their own relationship, Best Friends is a strange and haunting mixture of screwball comedy and soulful romantic [...]