Many consider 1999 to be one of the greatest years in film history. At the box office, the year produced over $7 billion in the US alone, and considering the average ticket price was just over $5, ...
While there may be the occasional fluke, like last year’s Barbenheimer phenomenon, the relevance of movies to the public has quickly declined over the past two decades as film fanfare lessens. It’s a ...
Martin Scorsese is a director who is known, above all else, for directing gangster movies. Now, that’s not really a fair characterization of his career. Scorsese has dipped his toes in a variety of ...
In a memorable year for film, there were recommendations of blockbusters, tender dramas and coming-of-age-tales. But one title stood out from the rest. By Geordon Wollner A quarter-century later, the ...
We all have our traditions for Christmas. Some sing carols around the neighborhood while others wear ugly sweaters to work and make gingerbread at home. For myself, every year I always go to one place ...
Maybe the thought first occurred to you during the end of March, when a graceful, modern update of a Shakespearean comedy and a groundbreaking science-fiction movie opened on the same weekend. Or ...
In 1999, two science fiction classics changed the movie industry forever: The Matrix and Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace. While conventional wisdom of the time told us The Matrix was looking ...
Listen to tracks by the Chicks, Aimee Mann, Blink-182 and more linked to moments in a monumentally interesting — and busy — year of cinema. By Lindsay Zoladz For the past few weeks, my colleagues in ...