The Virgin Spring (1960)
If there’s one film in Swedish director Ingmar Bergman’s oeuvre that remains mythical, it’s his poetic The Virgin Spring.
The screenplay, which was adapted by...
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
University students often feel frustrated trying to remain sane under the burgeoning stress of academia. As we try to balance school, work, extracurricular activities,...
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Young Frankenstein is a personal favourite of mine. Filmed in black and white, not out of economic necessity, but in order to keep true...
Back to the Future (1985)
As Michael J. Fox’s career-launching movie and one that will keep you in the loop of pop culture references like “make like a tree”,...
Rocky through the years
Rocky Balboa. “The Italian Stallion.” Anything you call him is a name of legend. It has been 40 years since Sylvester Stallone, an underdog...
The Breakfast Club (1985)
High school is admittedly a volatile stage in one’s life. It marks that awkward transition between childhood and adulthood. It doesn’t help that the...
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A glass of milk, Beethoven, and a little bit of the old ultraviolence—A Clockwork Orange (1971) is the perfect film for those with sick...
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
In 1940, John Ford would add The Grapes of Wrath to his filmography. The film is an adaptation of the John Steinbeck novel in...
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
It’s 1974 in New York City. Four armed men hijack the first car of a subway train and demand that the city pay one...
The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the...
There is something deeply ironic about every propaganda film. Whether or not you agree with its agenda, its bias remains so blinding that the...
The Great Gatsby (1974)
What happens when you take Kanye West, Fergie, and Baz Luhrmann and throw them out of 2013’s The Great Gatsby? You get what Francis...
Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
Singin’ in the Rain is the classic musical that brought you Gene Kelly’s infamous tap dancing routine on a sound stage and that really...