I hate to admit it, but, since coming out, I’ve been rather proud that I come off as relatively ambiguous when it comes to my sexuality. Like, you can’t tell I’m queer unless I’m singing […]
Staff Writer Kyle Turner reports live from the Provincetown International Film Festival with a review of Noah Baumbach’s latest, Mistress America. On the rather shiny surface of the last few Noah Baumbach films, it seems that, […]
It’s hard to imagine a time in recent history when so many filmmakers were churning out popular, crowd-pleasing material that would be considered art house fare today. Much has been written about 1939 and 1941 as […]
Welcome to the second in The Retro Set’s weekly summer series taking a look at the beach party movies of yore from guest writer Danny Reid. Beach Party: Surf Before Marriage “Anything you want to […]
We love Warner Archive Instant and so should you! This week our Must Watch Warner Archive picks are all about digging deep into the dark side of human nature. Lon Chaney is a man obsessed with Joan Crawford […]
Filmmaker John Boorman is an acquired taste, much like his fellow Brit Ken Russell. Both directors came of age in the 1960s where they cut their teeth in documentaries and television. The difference came in […]
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