An ode to the inimitable director who died doing what he loved (ripping cigs) during the first lunar standstill of 2025—compelling testimony that he is, undeniably, connected to the moon.

Each style and star in Todd Haynes’ kaleidoscopic 2007 Bob Dylan biopic bears some resemblance to the celebrated musician—or at least the personas Dylan allows us to see. 

How one of the most underrated, influential, and Oscar-worthy auteurs of the 21st century helped me bridge my comedy gap.

Considering the state of the world, Alfonso Cuarón’s dystopian masterpiece Children of Men remains uniquely and painfully resonant.

The MCU captured the zeitgeist of 21st-century moviemaking and created a colossal die-hard fanbase, but along the way they traded connection for mere spectacle.

Alex Garland’s 2018 sci-fi horror film Annihilation shows that not all art is an equation to be solved.

The true hallmark of a great horror film is its lasting impact. In that sense The Fly is a Grade-A piece of B-movie heaven.

There's a special thrill in seeing your reality reflected back to you on a giant screen, as The Fugitive, The Blues Brothers, A League of Their Own, and so many other Chicago movies have done for me as a lifelong Chicagoan.

How the 1993 Harrison Ford film overcame production troubles to become a well-made and deeply satisfying thriller that remains beloved over 30 years later.

This is a Christmas movie, a love story, and a comedy of manners, but it's also a sweetly specific Chicago movie.

Everyone has that one movie from their childhood that first introduced them to the magic of cinema. For me, that was Steven Spielberg’s captivating 1977 sci-fi classic.

Movies like Greg Mottola’s 2009 comedy Adventureland remind me what it was like to meet that final transitional stage of youth, full of excitement and apprehension in equal measure.

There are many moments in The Sandlot that make it an iconic sports film, but it also holds up as a surprisingly deep experience.

He had a gift unlike anything the world had seen. And in reflecting on his death 10 years later, I realized how that gift changed, guided, and affirmed me—and his young co-stars—in more ways than one.

Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World’s End are effective comedies in their own right, but it’s how they brilliantly meld with other genres that makes them so exceptional and enduring.

A sudden crisis with an unknown duration. Increased outdoor interaction with neighbors and friends. Personal and political discontentment spilling out into the public square. Sound familiar?

The Mask of Zorro was our superhero classic before superhero products dominated en masse—the only difference being the costume and the mask.

A sci-fi comedy featuring a large, mechanical T-Rex with a human brain? That’s cinema at its finest if you ask me.

12 assertions about Greta Gerwig’s essential, controversial, deeply human movie about dolls—and the movie event of 2023.

A tour through the indie director’s impressive filmography shows a gentle and genuine kind of love that’s hard to find on screen.