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John Nein has a turn of phrase he likes to share with his fellow programmers, festival-enthusiasts, and acolytes at the Sundance Institute: Legacy is where they work. It’s their office. The veritable place to hang the hat, whether that’s on a hook near the epicenter of mainstream American filmmaking in

When National Lampoon’s Animal House opened in 1978, it arrived fully formed and completely unhinged. Directed by John Landis and carried by John Belushi’s fearless performance as Bluto, the film took aim at fraternities, school administrators, and the mythology of college as the “best years of your life.” It was

This article contains full spoilers for 28 Days Later: The Bone Temple. Twenty-eight years later, the rage virus still ravages the United Kingdom. But 28 years and 110 minutes later, or whenever the events of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple finish, the tide begins to turn. Dr. Ian Kelson

Big box-office numbers don’t happen by accident. Over the past 25 years, a relatively small group of actors have become inseparable from the films that defined modern blockbuster culture, superhero sagas, animated classics, and franchise entries that audiences kept showing up for, year after year. Some led these movies from

Before the Joker, there was Loki. The Clown Prince of Crime may take on different personas and attitudes to befuddle Batman and the citizens of Gotham, whether it be Heath Ledger constantly changing his story about his scars or the prank-filled capers he pulled off in early comic book stories