It’s sweltering. Radio DJ Mister Señor Love Daddy (Samuel L. Jackson) is proclaiming it to be…
The Film Canon
A series of articles and reviews of older movies that have entered, well, the film canon, for being creatively or culturally important. Everything from Citizen Kane to The Breakfast Club to Fargo to The Dark Knight. So we can all create a diverse list of essential movies for the young folk cinephiles to watch
The Film Canon: On the Waterfront (1954)
Guilt is a sobering emotion. All of a sudden, wrong doings committed, less than favorable…
The Film Canon: Star Wars (1977)
It feels a little silly to include Star Wars in a compendium of films you…
The Film Canon: Rashomon (1950)
This film was like s stage production. One act, followed by act two, all wrapped…
The Film Canon: Jules and Jim (1962)
François Truffaut’s Jules and Jim begins in a state of pure bliss. According to every movie everywhere,…
