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Film + TV
Rearview Mirror: “Spider-Man 3”

Looking past its overly complicated plot, the third installment to Sam Raimi’s trilogy instigated the modern epidemic of Too Much Spidey.

May 04, 2022
Film + TV
Rearview Mirror: “In the Land of Women”

Revisiting Jonathan Kasdan’s occasionally funny but entirely predictable directorial debut 15 years on.

April 20, 2022
Art & Culture
Dynasty Typewriter: A Comedy Theater Where Everybody Knows Your Name

Part vaudeville, part clubhouse, Dynasty Typewriter is the coolest spot in alternative comedy. But with global ambitions, its founders are just getting started.

March 24, 2022
Film + TV
Rearview Mirror: “21 Jump Street”

Looking back on one comedy from the ’80s-remake boom that’s aged like milk 10 years on.

March 16, 2022
Film + TV
Rearview Mirror: Queen of the Damned

There’s no mystery, no pathos, no heart, and no humor in this 2002 fanfic-like vampire tale—though you might like watching it drunk with your friends.

February 22, 2022
Film + TV
Rearview Mirror: Save the Date

Buried in a year particularly full of other wedding-set romantic comedies, “Date” remains a charming outlier—not to mention a vestige of peak quirk.

January 24, 2022
Film + TV
Rearview Mirror: “War Horse”

“War Horse”? More like “Why Horse”!

December 23, 2021
Film + TV
Rearview Mirror: “Casino Royale”

At 15, the 007 origin story holds up as the best Daniel Craig Bond movie, as well as one of the high points of mid-’00s action flicks.

November 17, 2021
Film + TV
Rearview Mirror: “Marie Antoinette”

On its 15th anniversary, we revisit Sofia Coppola’s tale of decadence that favors vibes over morals and parable.

October 20, 2021
Film + TV
A Polite Request: Enough with the Diana Stuff

They’re doing you dirty, Diana.

October 01, 2021
Film + TV
Rearview Mirror: “Zoolander”

It’s no “Josie and the Pussycats,” but the oft-quoted Ben Stiller film sure gave us a laugh when we needed one.

September 28, 2021
Hear an Early Stream of The Great American Novel’s “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Online”

The NY-based collective’s new album officially drops tomorrow.

August 26, 2021
Film + TV
Rearview Mirror: “30 Minutes or Less”

On its 10th anniversary, we revisit the junior-varsity bro comedy that was almost certainly inspired by an actual gruesome crime.

August 12, 2021
Film + TV
Rearview Mirror: “Crazy, Stupid, Love”

Revisiting the 2011 rom-com that’s little more than what the title suggests.

July 19, 2021
Film + TV
Rearview Mirror: “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”

On its 25th anniversary, it’s time to revisit the Disney movie as the dark, twisted, weird-as-fuck animated musical for kids that it is.

June 21, 2021
Film + TV
Rearview Mirror: “The Mummy”

Revisiting the 1999 himbo adventure classic about white people fucking around with ancient artifacts, which rocks.

May 04, 2021
Film + TV
Rearview Mirror: “Scream 4”

Looking back on the tired horror-satire 10 years on, and exploring how it anticipates a post–Wes Craven revival of the series.

April 15, 2021
Film + TV
Rearview Mirror: “She’s the Man”

Looking back on a (sadly) bygone lit-adaptation teen movie tradition via a staple of the genre that probably couldn’t have been made today.

March 17, 2021
Film + TV
Rearview Mirror: “Happy Gilmore”

Reassessing the Sandler arc on his career-defining film’s 25th anniversary.

February 16, 2021
Film + TV
Rearview Mirror: “The Wedding Planner”

Revisiting the rom-com 20 years later, J.Lo playing a full-blooded Italian is far from the only detail we can’t get behind.

January 26, 2021
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