Tag: 80s movies
The Resonance of The Breakfast Club Thirty Years Later
On February 15, 1985, thirty years ago today, The Breakfast Club, a modest teen movie that read more like a play than a film, was [Read More…]
Quintessentially 80s Moves
The 1980s were brimming with distinction for a number of reasons, and not just because of the decadence and AIDS outbreaks. The way people spoke [Read More…]
Peter Loew in Vampire’s Kiss As A Forerunner of Patrick Bateman
The 1980s were a liberal time, though it might not have seemed so as it was happening. Smoking in offices, calling women cunts openly and [Read More…]
The Distinct 80s Incongruities of Adventures in Babysitting
In general, the 80s as a whole were incongruous. The impractical fashions, the music that employed instruments never used before or since in mainstream pop [Read More…]
A Few Things Women Can Learn From Steff in Pretty in Pink
James Spader’s fantastically misogynistic rendering of Steff in John Hughes’ Pretty in Pink may have some women wondering what they could possibly learn from him, [Read More…]
Demented and Sad But Social: How John Bender Would Judge the 21st Century
If you’ve ever seen The Breakfast Club, you know that John Bender (played with loving attention to detail by Judd Nelson) hates just about everyone–no [Read More…]
