Features and Columns

A Brief History of the Oscar’s Commanders-in-Chief

The release of Lincoln could not be better timed. The plan must be to get as much of a boost… Read More

23 Things We Learned From the ‘Road to Perdition’ Commentary

We sat down to listen to Sam Mendes' commentary track for the 2002 drama Road to Perdition. Here's what we… Read More

Disc Spotlight: John Carpenter’s ‘They Live’ Deserves to Occupy a Spot on Your Blu-ray Shelf

John Carpenter burst onto the genre scene in 1978 with Halloween, but the bulk of his great films came in… Read More

25 Things We Learned From ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Commentary

What better movie to cap off another successful Halloween season than The Rocky Horror Picture Show? Never mind that it’s… Read More

AFI FEST 2012: Allison’s 5 Most Anticipated Films

This year’s AFI FEST is certainly bringing festival-goers some of the year’s biggest titles, with world premieres of Hitchcock and… Read More

28 Things We Learned From the ‘Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2’ Commentary

Okay, hear me out on this one.No, The Blair Witch Project didn’t need a sequel, and no, Book of Shadows: Blair… Read More

Print to Projector: Downtown Owl

Editor’s Note: This ran back in 2010 (when we used to have a scrappy little feature called Print to Projector),… Read More

26 Things We Learned From the ‘Night of the Living Dead’ Commentary

October continues, and we’re moving to our next batch of favorite on-screen monsters. This week we’re talking about zombies and… Read More

30 Things We Learned From ‘The Monster Squad’ Commentary

It’s finally October, the favorite month of fans of both Halloween and all the ghouls, ghosts, and goblins that come… Read More