This summer, I dragged my mom to The Clairidge—a single screen movie theater in Montclair, New Jersey—for a matinee of Alexander Payne’s “Election.” The theater was featuring a series, titled “Clash ...

Film critics and movie buffs alike consider 1999 to be a landmark year for cinema. Taking a look back at the many groundbreaking and risk-taking movies released that year, it’s not hard to see why.

A multimedia Culture desk series, “Class of 1999,” revisits a group of mold-breaking, star-studded films released that year. By Sarah Bahr Sarah Bahr was 3 years old in 1999 and is now planning an ...

In 1999, two science fiction classics changed the movie industry forever: The Matrix and Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace. While conventional wisdom of the time told us The Matrix was looking ...

William Smith is a freelance writer currently living in the Midwest with his wife and daughter, where he spends too much time watching movies and then writing about them. He doesn't read your hurtful ...

In January of 1999, two teen movies opened back to back and kicked off what would be one of the most extraordinary years for youth-oriented movies in the history of Hollywood. Both were No. 1 at the ...

Some years were particularly impressive in the history of film. For example, many say 1984 is the best year for film because ...

Teens were a top priority in 1999, at least from a pop culture perspective. The cohort, which included the tail end of Generation X and the early millennials — the last to know a world before and ...

Could anyone have imagined in January, when "Varsity Blues" and "She's All That" hit theaters, what was still in store? In January of 1999, two teen movies opened back to back and kicked off what ...