The Film Canon
The Film Canon: Matinee (1993)

By 1960 close to 90% of American households owned a television set. This little bit of trivia plays a significant role in Joe Dante’s period comedy, set in Key West, Florida in October of 1962 when channels began broadcasting President…

Movie Reviews
Movie Review: Tragedy Girls

The opening scene in Tragedy Girls seems an unabashed patchwork of ‘80s horror. Parked on a lonely stretch of road at night two lovers hear something strange outside the car. The girl suggests to the guy that he go and…

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The Film Canon: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

In 1964, a film examined the grim possibility of something going very wrong with America’s nuclear program. A group of bombers carrying nuclear weapons are accidentally given the GO-codes to drop their nuclear payload onto the Soviet Union. The President…