Month: August 2026

Movie romances have one major advantage over real relationships: they can end at exactly the right moment. Once the couple finally gets together, the music starts playing and the credits roll before anyone has to figure out whose apartment they’re keeping or whether they actually have anything in common. Some

Movies have always rewarded people who pay a little too much attention to what’s happening in the background. A sign, a license plate, or a seemingly random prop can turn out to be a joke meant for viewers who recognize another movie entirely. Some filmmakers reference their friends’ work, while

Movies are very good at telling us when we’re supposed to be happy. The music swells, the couple kisses, somebody finally gets what they wanted, and we’re sent home feeling like everything worked out. Sometimes it’s better not to ask what happens next. A few movie endings become considerably less

History has had enough strange timing to make a fiction writer jealous. Two people who would change the 19th century were born on exactly the same day, two former presidents died hours apart on a particularly meaningful anniversary, and one family somehow ended up connected to Abraham Lincoln in two

Every age of cinema has its own ups and downs, its winners and losers. Yet as time passes on, the bygone eras of the medium start seeming like the time where everything shined brightest, particularly when nearly all of its protagonists are long gone. We become enamoured with the stylings