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: Bicycle Thieves (1948)

Charged with the neorealism style of filmmaking, portraying a cultural shift in Rome post war,…

The Film Canon: City Lights (1931)

Charlie Chaplin has a plethora as films that are the worth the viewing time. From…

The Film Canon: Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

Singin’ in the Rain exists in the kind of place that can only exist in…