The American Dream

Kevin Costner’s Peak as an Embodiment of the American Dream

For five years, Kevin Costner exemplified the American Dream on screen. Read More

6 Filmmaking Tips from Frank Capra

Learn what it takes to have a wonderful life making movies from one of the great American directors. Read More

6 Films Celebrating the American (It Was All A) Dream

Americans love their hopeful mantra, while movies love to undermine it with somnolent reveals. Read More

In The Suburbs, You Told Me We’d Never Survive

Suburbia was never the American Dream we wanted, but it's the American Dream we got. Read More

The Hangout Film, the American Dream, and the Pursuit of Straight Chilling

Why the joy of comfortable stasis is our national quest. Read More

The Classic Hollywood Charm of Cary Grant

Suave, gracious, debonair  ---  he personifies the idealized world of American cinema. Read More

7 Reasons Paul Newman Was the Ultimate All-American Dreamboat

Celebrating the Ryan Gosling that we didn't have to import from Canada. Read More