Author: Dylan Stuckey
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‘Yi Yi’ is a Quiet Masterpiece with a Simple Truth
Edward Yang’s 2000 drama is regarded as one of the great works of the last 25 years. How fitting, then, to start the millennium with a film that says everything by seeming to say nothing at all.
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Thanks to ‘The Fly’ For Ruining My Childhood
The true hallmark of a great horror film is its lasting impact. In that sense The Fly is a Grade-A piece of B-movie heaven.
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How ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ (and Chicago’s Music Box Theatre) Saved Christmas
Despite being a fan of Frank Capra’s Christmas classic, I was not prepared for the experience I was about to have seeing It’s A Wonderful Life live during the Music Box’s annual extravaganza.
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‘The Long Goodbye’ is the Ultimate Anti-Whodunit
Equal parts crime caper, detective story, stoner freakout, and hippy-dippy mystery, 1973’s The Long Goodbye is Robert Altman’s crowning achievement and a crackerjack of a whodunit.