Tag: 80s movies
The King of Comedy: Taxi Driver for Comedians
For anyone who has ever vehemently believed in their god-given right to fame–regardless of the caliber of talent exhibited–Martin Scorsese’s 1983 film, The King of [Read More…]
Some Like It Hot & Married to the Mob: Correlations
With Swing Shift and Something Wild, director Jonathan Demme established himself as a comedic force to be reckoned with in the 80s, much of his [Read More…]
The Parallels Between Smithereens and Nights of Cabiria
Though Susan Seidelman’s most famous film is arguably Desperately Seeking Susan, her true pièce de résistance is, in fact, her debut, Smithereens. Filmed on and off [Read More…]
Stranger Things Have Happened Than Winona Ryder Making A Comeback
Channeling two of her best characters, Lelaina Pierce and Susanna Kaysen, Winona Ryder takes on the role of Joyce Byers in Stranger Things with a [Read More…]
Sign O’ The Times: Misogyny in Purple Rain
As the natural process of deification in the wake of an icon’s death occurs, it’s inevitable that many tend to overlook certain glaring flaws in that [Read More…]
There Are Two Types of Women in This World: Anne Archers & Glenn Closes
At one of the peaks of conservatism in America (of which there have been many), Fatal Attraction‘s release in 1987 has often been viewed as [Read More…]
The 30th Anniversary of Pretty in Pink Comes at An Approriately Romantic Time
When it comes to movies about forbidden love, Shakespeare adaptations have nothing on John Hughes’ 1986 classic, Pretty in Pink. Centered around the intelligent, “offbeat” [Read More…]
New York Stories: Timeless Tales of NYC Archetypes
They say New York is the city of constant change, but looking back on 1989’s trilogy film, New York Stories, it’s pretty clear that the [Read More…]
What Protocol Says About Politics in the 80s
If there’s anything in the political arena that the U.S. government put emphasis on in the 1980s, it was the Middle East. Second to or [Read More…]
Baby Boom: The Epitome of the 80s Working Woman
Nancy Meyers’ fourth film, Baby Boom, released in 1987, epitomized one of the pinnacles of “the businesswoman” struggling to balance her working life with her [Read More…]
