It’s been two years since AMC’s memed-to-death ad debuted, but only recently did it give me a moment of clarity about why movies matter.

I’ve loved westerns since I was kid, but it wasn’t until I got older and saw more of the world when I found ways to identify with the cowboy experience and how it informed my real life.

As a fan of westerns, I enjoy watching how they have influenced and combined with other genres. But there’s one modern sci-fi western that remains 12 parsecs ahead of the rest.

My childhood summers in Wisconsin with my three best friends looked a lot like what we saw in the 1995 summer classic Now And Then.

With its pure youthful exuberance and uninhibited joy, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off just feels like a summer movie.

Going to the drive-in as a kid in the backseat of my parents’ 1950 Pontiac was as exciting as life could get.

There were a lot of really special things about this film that are no less special today as it creeps toward its 30th anniversary.

When I rewatch Luca Guadagnino’s masterful 2017 film, my heart is widened by the extraordinary display of love, support, and affection by Elio’s father Sami.

I used to think musicals were frivolous, unserious entertainment. Then one fateful summer, two diametrically different movies accidentally teamed up to convince me otherwise.

When you watch an Astaire and Rogers musical, you are getting a piece of the movie musical Rosetta Stone.

I was raised on classic cinema and musicals. But while I was always taught to appreciate the art, I was not taught to think critically about it.

If you’re a hopeless romantic like Seb and me, iron your suit and whistle along as we take a stroll through the sights, sounds, and bittersweet feels of this modern American masterpiece.

It’s possible the reason I loved A League of Their Own so much was that it was a wonderland of amazing female athletes who occupied their own fully formed world.

Throughout his journey Eddie Edwards is ridiculed at every turn, but he never stops working hard to get where he wants to be.

In many ways, 12 Angry Men is a perfect case study that proves exceptional cinema only requires two things: flawless dialogue and performers with the range and dexterity to deliver it.

Perfect actors, perfect script, perfect setting, perfect emotion. After you watch Moonstruck, you can’t help but look back and think, what was in that recipe?

Anne Elliot in Netflix’s 2022 adaptation of Persuasion, starring Dakota Johnson and directed by Carrie Cracknell, is definitely a Wine Aunt.

Rewatching the film as a non-religious adult, I’m glad I have grown out of my extremely narrow sense of certainty. But it also makes me wonder: how much have I actually changed?

Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival makes such a strong impact because it reveals itself as a hopeful piece of science fiction.

I’m sure I’m not the only one who left the showing of Jordan Peele's Nope reminiscing about M. Night Shyamalan’s Signs, another sci-fi film I absolutely love.