Marisa Tomei won her first and only Oscar because of this film. It was just…
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: Rome, Open City (1945)
Short, stocky, and stoic, Father Pietro Pellegrini smiles rarely and laughs even less. His face…
The Film Canon: Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)
SPOILERS AHEAD Middle school was hell for me. And don’t try to say that middle…
The Film Canon: Following (1998)
Once you reach the stars, perhaps it’s time to make a return trip to Earth.…
The Film Canon: Pépé le Moko (1937)
Nestled deep in the heart of Algiers is a labyrinthine honeycomb of passages and staircases.…
The Film Canon: Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922)
In 1919, the Swedish film company Svensk Filmindustri invited a fresh young Danish director named…
The Film Canon: Suspiria (1977)
In a year dominated by uninspired sequels (John Boorman’s Exorcist II: The Heretic), unapologetic knock-offs…
