by Tina Kakadelis, Staff Writer
It’s hard to understand how a film like Josie and the Pussycats went over the heads of adults when two pre-teen children immediately understood its purpose.
by Emily Maesar, Associate Editor, TVJawn
The enduring thing about Children of Men is that, with every passing moment, it becomes more and more relevant. One of those sad, but true pieces of art.
by Roxy Snavely, Contributor
Heathers has managed to become timeless, even if it is steeped in a particular ‘80s aesthetic.
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
Growing up as a fan of The Muppets (especially The Great Muppet Caper and the 90s literary adaptations) spurred me to seek out other works by Jim Henson, namely The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth.
by Tessa Swehla, Staff Writer
In Annihilation, cancer is just another mutation, a lifeform on its own evolutionary journey.
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
Scott Pilgrim likely didn’t connect with audiences because it was a mashup of too many genres. But this is precisely why the film is so great.
by Ian Hrabe, Staff Writer
Mulholland Dr exists as a Kubrickian monolith in my life. One day I just had to see that movie, and 20 years later it is the inciting incident to both my love of film and, I’m not even kidding, my chosen career path as a librarian.
by Fiona Underhill, Contributor
Office Space is a perfect encapsulation of Y2K panic and represents one of the last gasps of Gen-X 90s ennui before 9/11 changed everything.
by Billy Russell, Staff Writer
For a blissful 92 minutes, whenever I’m watching Wet Hot American Summer, all that matters is Camp Firewood and its cast of characters, who, after twenty years of annual rewatches, feel like old friends to me.
by Nikk Nelson, Staff Writer
After multiple viewings of Dredd (2012), I can honestly say it has become one of my favorite action films, period, it is one of the most faithful comic book adaptations you will find.
by Benjamin Leonard, Managing Zine Editor, Best Boy
Some films that are so rich with characters and themes that annual or biannual viewings consistently bring new thoughts and parallels to current situations.
by Clayton Hayes, Staff Writer
Blow Out depicts a post-post-Watergate world where not only is America tired of hearing about political conspiracies, the very idea of a political conspiracy is played-out and tired–the plot of a bad movie.
by Alex Rudolph, Staff Writer
Punch-Drunk Love is the film that made people realize Sandler can act, to the point that it's the only thing anybody says about this movie.
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport & Editor in Chief
“I am not the Zodiac. And if I was, I certainly wouldn’t tell you.”
by Daniel Pecoraro, Contributor
It’s a Wonderful Life shows that it’s the friends, rather than the man, that are at the focus of the film’s moral.
by Tori Potenza, Staff Writer
Doctor Sleep is an effective and chilling horror movie but it is also such a beautiful meditation on what we owe each other.
by Katharine Mussellam, Contributor
I didn’t find out that the 2016 version of Ghostbusters was considered a box office flop until several years after I had seen it.
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
Science fiction can offer powerful allegories, but so much of the genre’s impact is lessened by being demoted to “merely genre fiction.”
by Tessa Swehla, Staff Writer
“I mainly blame Shelley and Byron and some of those French assholes he used to hang around with.”
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
Watching for the first time back then, Speed Racer felt like the future. One that never really arrived.