• 2000-2004 in Film

  Our senior film writers offer their thoughts on the decade at the movies, one year at a time.

  • by Benjamin Strong, Michael Joshua Rowin, Mark Asch and Matt Zoller Seitz
  • Dec 30, 2009

• How to Remake Rambo for $95.51

  Our latest video essay considers Flooding with Love for the Kid, in which Zachary Oberzan reenacts First Blood in his own apartment, playing all the roles.

  • by Matt Zoller Seitz
  • Jan 7, 2010
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Author Archives

• The Evolution of the Modern Blockbuster: Part 1

  In this video essay, part one of a five-part series on the summer movies of 1984 and 1989, we go in search of the origins of MTV editing and post-Boomer cynicism. Also starring Ronald Reagan, John Hughes, semi-gratuitous T&A, synth-pop videos, The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, and Prince.

  • by Matt Zoller Seitz and Aaron Aradillas
  • Aug 24, 2009

• The Evolution of the Modern Blockbuster: Part 3

  In part three of our five-part series on the summer movies of 1984 and 1989, we begin with a lickety-split recap of the second Reagan term, and begin the Bush years with the rise of hip-hop, Field of Dreams, Do the Right Thing, and the American indie film opting out and breaking out with sex, lies and videotape.

  • by Matt Zoller Seitz and Aaron Aradillas
  • Aug 26, 2009

• The Evolution of the Modern Blockbuster: Part 5

  Our epic video essay series on the summer movies of 1984 and 1989 concludes with The New Sincerity, as rediscovered in the hallowed teen-movie triumvirate of Heathers, Dead Poets Society and Say Anything, released within three months of each other twenty years ago.

  • by Matt Zoller Seitz and Aaron Aradillas
  • Aug 28, 2009
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Latest in Video Essays

• How to Remake Rambo for $95.51

  Our latest video essay considers Flooding with Love for the Kid, in which Zachary Oberzan reenacts First Blood in his own apartment, playing all the roles.

  • by Matt Zoller Seitz
  • Jan 7, 2010

• We Love the Aughties: An End-of-Decade Clip Party, Part Two

  The second half of a two-part video essay on the decade at the movies covers the best of 2005-2009. Plus, year-in-review snapshots from our senior film writers.

  • by Matt Zoller Seitz
  • Dec 31, 2009

• We Love the Aughties: An End-of-Decade Clip Party, Part One

  In the first half of a two-part video essay on the decade at the movies, we return to the not-so-halcyon years 2000-2004. Plus, year-in-review snapshots from our senior film writers.

  • by Matt Zoller Seitz
  • Dec 30, 2009
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