The Critique of Consumerism in George Romero’s ‘Dawn of the Dead’ (1978)
While it would be hypocrisy of the highest degree to out and out criticize shoppers who were out for last week’s Black Friday (we’ve been...
View ArticleWhat You Should Be Watching: A Boy and His Dog (1975)
I have to believe that on some level the people who are looking toward December 21st as the End of the World, whispering apocalyptically about...
View ArticleWhat You Should Be Watching: Elf (2003)
Perhaps the strongest recommendation I can give for Jon Favreau’s 2003 man-raised-as-a-Christmas-elf holiday movie Elf is that at first watch it won over the hyper-cynical, quick-to-bristle seventeen...
View ArticleRebel With a Cause: A Jean-Luc Godard Triple Feature
The term “rebel” gets thrown around loosely, especially in terms of cultural standards. To properly rebel, one must go against standards in order to achieve...
View ArticleWhat You Should Be Watching: Schindler’s List (1993)
It’s the 20th Anniversary of what many regard to be Steven Spielberg’s crowning achievement, Schindler’s List. One of the most remarkable things about this film—and...
View ArticleWhat You Should Be Watching: The Films of Bob Fosse (1969 – 1983)
This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of writer / director / choreographer Bob Fosse’s final film, the controversial Star 80 (1983). That’s as good a...
View ArticleScene-Within-A-Scene: The Best Movies About Making Movies
If there’s one thing film lovers adore, it’s films about filmmaking. It takes very little effort for the film buff to find his or her...
View ArticleWhat You Should Be Watching: The Element of Crime (1984)
To simultaneously commemorate the arrival of Lars Von Trier’s Nymphomaniac and the thirtieth anniversary of his debut film, this is as good a time as any to check out The Element of Crime. Easily one...
View ArticleWhat You Should Be Watching: A Brief History of Time (1991)
In anticipation of the forthcoming Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything, it’s a perfect time to check out Errol Morris’s early nineties documentary that’s almost as brilliant as its subject...
View ArticleFor Your AFI Top 100 Consideration: All That Jazz (1979)
For Your AFI Top 100 Consideration is a self-explanatory Man in the Movie Hat feature. This spot is reserved for suggestions for films that are believed (by one of the writers on this site) to be...
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