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Author: Sarah Jae Leiber

Posted onJanuary 4, 2021April 22, 2021

‘Blade Runner’ (1982) Has an Inexplicable Gender Blindspot

I watched Blade Runner with the same friend who helped me tackle Rosemary’s Baby and, for the first hour or so, we thought we were...

Posted onNovember 9, 2020April 22, 2021

No One Told Me Hoggle Was Mishpacha in ‘Labyrinth’ (1986)

I’m aware that my first-time-watching “Labyrinth” reaction was supposed to be, “Wow, that David Bowie sure is sexy playing the human-esque king in a fantasy...

Posted onOctober 21, 2020April 22, 2021

The Amityville Horror (1979) and the Banality of Domestic Abuse – Retro Review

I’ve been listening to a lot of the You’re Wrong About podcast recently — I’ve devoted the past few days to their series about the...

Posted onOctober 5, 2020October 26, 2020

“Peggy Sue Got Married” (1986) Works Because it Wouldn’t Work Today

Not to be this person, but do you realize that if they made Peggy Sue Got Married today that the 25 year time jump would...

Posted onSeptember 5, 2020September 25, 2020

9 to 5 (1980) and the Liberal Fantasy of Ethical Capitalism – Retro Review

I think I experienced a different 9 to 5 than what was intended. People sold it to me as a glorious fantasy about working women...

Posted onAugust 27, 2020September 25, 2020

‘Rosemary’s Baby’ (1968) Holds Up, Despite Polanski – Retro Review

It always upsets me when I see people my age disparaging The Beatles. I grew up on my parents’ music, and I held very narrow...

Posted onAugust 20, 2020September 25, 2020

The Way We Were (1973), Objectivity, and What Makes a Masterpiece — Retro Review

There’s a really unfortunate New York Post piece from 2015 that posits that women are incapable of understanding Goodfellas because we’re incapable of understanding the...

Posted onAugust 13, 2020September 25, 2020

The Genre-Bending Sincere Silliness of ‘Pee-wee’s Big Adventure’ (1985) – Retro Review

Pee-wee’s Big Adventure lives rent-free in my brain. It’s a movie of images before it’s a movie of substance, but is substance really necessary when...

Posted onJuly 29, 2020September 4, 2020

Post-War Attitudes and ‘Hair’ (1979) – Retro Review

There’s a big difference between “seeing” and “watching.” You “watch” a movie on your own, in your home, passively. You “see” a movie in a...

Posted onJuly 23, 2020August 20, 2020

Time Bandits (1981) and the Limits of Imagination – Retro Review

Terry Gilliam is a difficult filmmaker — stylistically, politically, personally. He’s divisive as he is beloved for movies like Brazil and The Fisher King and...

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