25 of the Best Boring Movies
Social media movie discourse is at it again. This time around, I’m being horrified by posts from younger moviegoers who freely admit to fast-forwarding through movies to skip past “the…
25 of the Most Depressing Movies Ever Made
February is prime time for SAD, and pretty much universally recognized as the bleakest month of the year. So what better time to binge watch a bunch of the most…
50 of the Most Controversial Films Ever Made
1915 Film “The Birth of a Nation” Clip For decades, Birth of a Nation was presented to film students as a mildly problematic classic, an unavoidable landmark in cinema history…
22 Dreamy Thrillers to Watch After ‘The Sandman’
Nightbreed: The Director’s Cut (4/4) Boone’s Speech in Midian (1990) HD It begins with a nightmare: Aaron Boone (Craig Sheffer) dreams of Midian, a world of cackling and cavorting monsters—like…
25 of the Best Movies Based on Mythology and Folklore
Screenshot: O Brother, Where Art Thou? / Touchstone Pictures Given the ubiquity of shows like Vikings, movies like The Northman, and the forthcoming Thor: Lover and Thunder (this installment differentiated…
21 of the Best Introspective Movies to Watch Absolutely Alone
I’ve always been perfectly content to watch movies by myself. It’s all well and good if it’s 2 Fast 2 Furious or Uncharted, but there are movies that demand a…
30 Movies That Are Basically Perfect
Movies are all products of their time, but comedies are especially tricky. Laughter is often based on behavior that is in opposition to societal norms, so what’s funny to one…
30 of the Best Movies of 2021 You Can Watch at Home Right Now
Screenshot: The Green Knight/A24 It has been a good year for movies. Not a great year for movie theaters, though. In 2019, the last year in which box office returns…
22 of the Best Un-Halloween Movies for When You Love Fall but Hate Horror
Screenshot: When Harry Met Sally/MGM Autumn’s here (on paper, anyway), and I, for one, have… mixed feelings. Milder weather is great and all, as are the forthcoming fall colors, but…
20 of the Best Long Movies That Are Actually Worth Their Runtime
Screenshot: Lawrence of Arabia/Columbia Pictures The tendency in movie runtimes seems to be trending toward length, and even if the data doesn’t really bear this out, recent, superlong installments in…