Hello Pi, farewell Phil Hartman: 12 indelible pop culture moments from 1998
This week’s question is in honor of 1998 Week here at The A.V. Club:
The best movies of 1998
Talking ants. Unlikely detectives. Pigs in the city. Shakespeare in love. In 1998, the movies found room for all of the…
The 25 best set pieces of Steven Spielberg’s career
Broadly defined, a set piece is a thriller within a film, a self-contained showstopper-slash-showcase whose success…
How Edge of Tomorrow evokes Saving Private Ryan's famous opening scene
Saving Private Ryan is a brutal war epic about World War II starring Tom Hanks. Edge of Tomorrow is a sci-fi action…
Here’s what’s coming to (and going from) Hulu in August
As July ends, so does Numbers Month—a month dedicated to movies and TV shows with a number in the title—over at Hulu.…
From home movies to The BFG, charting the evolution of Steven Spielberg
As reiterated by his latest film, The BFG, Steven Spielberg has made a career out of crafting stories of wonder, or…
Here’s why Saving Private Ryan’s opening battle scene works so well
Eighteen years later and Saving Private Ryan remains a vital and emotionally relevant film that speaks to audiences…
What’s your favorite Oscar memory?
This week’s question is inspired by this weekend’s big Hollywood to-do:
Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg disguise their sophistication with squareness
Note: This piece originally ran in 2015, two years before The Post was released.
Making movies is just an incredible pain in the ass sometimes
The men and women who work on Hollywood blockbusters may seem distant, unknowable, and perhaps even all-powerful to the…