Tag: writing

  • The 10 best movies about dreams

    “Talking about dreams is like talking about movies, since the cinema uses the language of dreams,” mused the great Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini. “Years can pass in a second and you can hop from one place to another. It’s a language made of image.” It only makes sense, then, that a medium with such similarities…

  • The 10 best movies based on real-life crimes (that don’t involve serial killers)

    From streaming docuseries to podcasts, books to social media deep dives, true crime is everywhere. The movies have long understood the lurid appeal of such tales. The first film to explore the topic might be 1901’s Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison, in which Edison Studios staged a reenactment of President McKinley’s assassin,…

  • The 10 best road-trip movies

    “I take the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me,” wrote the poet Walt Whitman, long before anyone in Hollywood even thought about shooting a road-trip movie. The road is a potent metaphor. It symbolizes growth, freedom, reinvention and escape––or just a place to get your kicks (if you’re on Route 66, anyway)––but the…

  • The 10 best journalism movies

    Long before the profession of journalism became a casualty of the culture wars, movies about reporters tended to depict them as stalwart crusaders for the people’s right to know or as doughy cynics in ill-fitting suits who chainsmoke, drink from flasks and wisecrack throughout the day. Journalism flicks have evolved over the years as the…

  • Hot films in the summertime: 10 movies ideal for summer now streaming

    Movies love summer. The two just go together, kindred spirits dedicated to childhood, fun and escapism.  Hollywood saves its blockbuster entertainments for that period between Memorial Day and Labor Day, of course, but there is also that class of films that are set during, or otherwise pay homage to, the season of long days and…