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Fade Out: Saying Goodbye to Sam Shepard, A Pioneer of Many Frontiers

By  Brad Gullickson 

Actor, Writer, Musician, Whatever.

Mother Truckers: The Badass Big Rig Driving Women of Cinema

By  Meg Shields 

In praise of the cinematic lady trucker: From Furiosa to Jill from ‘Brazil’, why badass women driving badass trucks are pioneers of your new favorite trope.

‘Spawn’ at 20: Is It As Bad As You Remember?

By  Kieran Fisher 

It’s been 20 years since ‘Spawn’ graced theater screens for the first time. How has it aged?

My Disastrous Experience Seeing ‘A Ghost Story’

By  Brad Gullickson 

A disastrous theatrical experience of David Lowery’s latest conceptual meditation leaves several confused and one viewer steaming with boiling rage.

‘Robocop’ at 30: How The Sci-Fi Classic Reflects Contemporary American Anxieties

By  Kieran Fisher 

30 years ago, Paul Verhoeven unleashed a violent social satire of the Reagan era, but is it still as relevant today as it was back then?

Fredo Corleone Deserves Better

By  Danny Bowes 

He’s more than just your real world political punchline.

The American Dream is Gonna Eat You, Too

By  William Dass 

Dictators and cannibals. What do you think about on the Fourth of July? Apple pie?

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

By  Meg Shields 

Why the joy of comfortable stasis is our national quest.

Revenge of the (Film) Nerds

By  Karen Gomez 

How cult directors are crashing the mainstream scene.