I didn’t love Thomas Bezucha’s 2005 Christmas dramedy The Family Stone when I first saw it. But I’ve come to realize it’s actually one of the great Christmas movies.
Read More9 characters from Christmas movie classics and the Enneagram type they best represent.
Read MoreMy love of movies, Christmas, and life itself would look very different without Frank Capra’s 1946 masterpiece.
Read MoreKevin Prchal’s ode to one of the finest holiday albums in Christmas movie history.
Read More12+1 questions about It’s A Wonderful Life, its unique memorabilia and most underappreciated character, her memories of Jimmy Stewart, and more!
Read MoreSome sweet gift ideas you can get for yourself or the movie lovers in your life.
Read MoreObjects that best represent the genre, along with a noir film I love that features each one in some way.
Read MoreThe L.A. singer, songwriter, and producer sweet-talks the 1999 Steven Soderbergh noir gem The Limey.
Read MoreI take comfort in knowing that film noir—a genre that has existed for almost 100 years—has seen it all before. So here are few timeless, hard-won lessons and the noir films that illustrate them.
Read MoreYou really wanna know why I like noir? All right, pull up a chair and gimme a light. I’ll tell you what I know.
Read More12+1 questions about his experience shooting the neo-noir classic Fargo, Swedish cuisine, how to get eaten by CGI dinosaurs, what people often get wrong about him, and more.
Read MoreHere’s the skinny: We put a couple gumshoes on the case to track down all of film noir’s low-lifes, grifters, heels, and molls so we could assemble a lineup worthy of this amazing genre.
Read MoreThe L.A. comedian and musician sweet-talks the 1931 Fritz Lang classic M.
Read MoreLittle Monsters and Nightbreed, introduced within the horror universe in 1989 and 1990, both illustrate the benefits of discovering asylum outside of personal calamity in a realm occupied by monsters.
Read MoreThroughout my years of watching horror movies, I’ve seen many different ways that people interact with the genre. Here are the 7 most common.
Read More12+1 questions about the first time he saw House, his process designing the iconic Criterion Collection cover art, his take on the current state of horror movies, and more!
Read MoreBy all cinematic standards of today, this film is not only masterfully conceived—it is among Shyamalan’s very best.
Read MoreWe asked the Austin-based instrumental group to put together a playlist of tracks that tie in with their live soundtrack experience with screenings of F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent vampire classic Nosferatu.
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