AI: Artificial Intelligence Turns 20 and is Speilberg’s Darkest Film
Spielberg has never been afraid of the dark. Indeed his films often, unusually, use light as source of terror. Think of the alien presence that...
Category: Retro Reviews
Let Maggie be a Runaway Bride (1999), You Cowards – Retro Review
I am a huge Julia Roberts fan, as of this year to be exact. All of her characters in the 90s and early 2000s are...
Misogyny Lives on in Black Christmas (1974) – Retro Review
Black Christmas (1974) is a frightening masterpiece of a slasher, if you could really call it one. Though it holds the conventions of a slasher,...
The Beauty in the Mundane in Fargo (1996) – Retro Review
Right off the bat, I would like to apologize to myself for waiting this long to watch Fargo (1996). A Coen Brothers Classic for a...
‘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...
Hiding Out (1987) is a Hidden Gem – Retro Review
1987’s Hiding Out is an aptly named film from where I sit because the movie had successfully been hiding out from me for 30+ years...
The Boys in “The Devil’s Backbone” (2001) Band – Retro Review
What is a ghost? This is what Guillermo del Toro asks us in The Devil’s Backbone (2001). While the questions that follow are still up...
God Bless ‘The Holiday (2006)’
The last time I smiled this much during a romantic comedy was the first time I saw To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, and I...
The Afterlife According to The Heavenly Kid (1985) – Retro Review
Being raised Catholic and attending Catholic grade school it was made abundantly clear to me that if I was a good boy and followed The...
Humans are the Real Evil in Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
Guillermo del Toro is the master of dark fantasy and Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) is no exception. If you are like me and did not realize...