J.J. Hunsecker’s eyes watch New York night life like God. In fact, J.J is God for anyone who wants to make it big in show business. A name in his colu…
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: The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
AND WE’RE BACK! “Who will be his next victim you?” warns the lobby poster for Ida Lupino’s The Hitch-Hiker (1953). A killer is hitchhiking his w…
The 20 Best Cher Horowitz Lines in “Clueless”
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The Film Canon: Clueless (1995)
Unfortunately, I remember few movie theater outings as a young child, but seeing Clueless at six years old was memorable. I didn’t really understand i…
The Film Canon: ‘Jaws’ (1975)
With the recent mega-success of Jurassic World and the reminder that people REALLY like monster movies, it seems all too convenient that one of the be…
The Film Canon: ‘Taxi Driver’ (1976)
“You talkin’ to me? Well I’m the only one here.”- Travis Bickle He may walk on crowded New York City streets or drive people in his taxi, but “God’s l…
The Film Canon: ‘Aguirre, the Wrath of God’ (1972)
It’s very possible that many people’s first encounter with Werner Herzog’s 1972 German epic Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (Aguirre, the Wrath of God) will …