It feels a little silly to include Star Wars in a compendium of films you must see, if only because it’s a given that everyone’s already s…
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: Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
From start to finish, Bonnie and Clyde proves itself a vital part in the 1960’s movie revolution. Two bank robbers on a quest to conquer the law…
The Film Canon: Rashomon (1950)
This film was like s stage production. One act, followed by act two, all wrapped up in the climatic third and final act. It reminded of a modern film …
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, from roughly 1800 to the assassination o…
The Film Canon: Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Charged with the neorealism style of filmmaking, portraying a cultural shift in Rome post war, this film doesn’t coddle it’s audience but instead show…
The Film Canon: City Lights (1931)
Charlie Chaplin has a plethora as films that are the worth the viewing time. From Gold Rush to Modern Times to his controversial The Great Dictator, b…
The Film Canon: Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
Singin’ in the Rain exists in the kind of place that can only exist in the movies, where gossip reporters hype movies as “the outstanding …