On December 23rd 1998, twenty years ago today, Sonic Adventure was released for the Sega Dreamcast. Just in time for Christmas, the first 3D game in t…
Editorials
Freshwater Phish: Introduction
This is the first installment of a new recurring column on The Young Folks about the band Phish, their music and cultural impact. Phish are one of the…
Watching Cabaret In The Trump Era: In The Rise Of Fascism, There Are No Safe Spaces
I told very few of my friends one of my darkest pop culture secrets: I still hadn’t seen the movie Cabaret. However, I discovered a way to more …
It’s Time to Retire the Term “Chick Flick”
As women, we have been conditioned to embrace, but also be ashamed of the term “chick flick.” Films that are supposedly made specifically for the fema…
52FilmsbyWomen 2018: The 10 Best Films I’ve Seen This Year [Column]
At the start of 2018, I took the #52FilmsbyWomen pledge, vowing to watch one movie directed by a woman per week throughout 2018 — both female-directed…
15 Years On and the Influence of ’28 Days Later’ Still Shows
For a genre about reanimating the dead, zombies were staying underground for the most part from the late 80’s through the whole 90’s. Day …
Revisiting “The Glory Days”: A Look Back at The Incredibles
For nearly a decade, the film output of Pixar was primarily conceived from the minds of animators already working at the studio like John Lasseter (To…