The 45 Best Classic Movies (1970s and Earlier) You Can Stream Right Now
What exactly makes a movie a “classic” varies wildly and with the viewer, as does the appropriate timescale. For some, a movie from a decade ago might be eligible (I…
The Best Documentaries Currently Streaming on Netflix
Documentaries have had a moment over the past few years, and it’s not surprising: In a world in which “facts” are as malleable as an editable Facebook post, docs offer…
12 Pre-Code Movies That Prove Hollywood Was Always Obsessed With Crime, Violence, and Sex
Screenshot: The Night Nurse This week in puzzling online discourse, a subset of Gen Z is looking wistfully back on the era of the Motion Picture Production Code, also known…
20 Movies Set on Halloween That Aren’t ‘Halloween’
Screenshot: Sony Pictures / YouTube John Carpenter and Debra Hill crafted a perennial holiday banger back in 1978, a movie that you can pull out every year during spooky season—it’s…
16 Movies About Climbing Back From Rock Bottom
Rock-bottom: Alcohol-dependent country singer Thomas Cobb (Jeff Bridges) has begun to put his life in order, and has made such inroads that his girlfriend (Maggie Gyllenhaal) trusts him to babysit…
21 Movies and TV Shows That Are Basically ‘Kindness Porn’
Screenshot: Ted Lasso/Apple TV+ You’d be forgiven if you’ve spent the last, on, 15 months (or longer) in a constant state of anxiety. Certainly in 2021, it’s easy to forgot…