The best songs of 1984, according to the Academy (Year of the Month)
Just under the wire! Apologies for the rush job this time, but October took me…
“I’m Into Survival”: Carrie Amanda on A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, EMDR, and Healing Through Dreams
You don’t have to be a slasher fan to find the premise of Wes Craven’s…
The Halloween Canon: Persia on “Ghostbusters”
There’s something of a known canon of Christmas songs. Most of them are jazz-influenced standards…
Year of the Month: Jake Gittes on A SUMMER AT GRANDPA’S
If you’ve ever wondered what My Neighbor Totoro might be like in live action, perhaps…
Year of the Month: Mr. Apollo on BIRDY
Like the William Wharton novel it’s based on, Alan Parker’s film Birdy is concerned with…
Year of the Month: Jake Gittes on STOP MAKING SENSE
It begins with a close-up of the stage floor, a streak of light cutting vertically…
Year of the Month: Miller on GONE FISHIN’
It’s 1984, the year of clocks striking 13 and loving Big Brother, the year of…
Nearly 30 Years Later, TEMPLE OF DOOM’s Grossness Is Its Legacy by James Williams
Growing up, I watched the Indiana Jones movies incessantly. Correction: I watched Raiders of the…
Flashback Comics Rack: Highlights of December 1984
Year of the Month: Adriano Ferreira on LIKE A VIRGIN
My older sister got the Like a Virgin album as a birthday gift. I believe…