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1990s Cinema

The Making of ‘Forrest Gump’

March 18, 2026March 17, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments 1990s Cinema, Academy Awards, boomer nostalgia, columbia pictures, eric roth, Forrest Gump, michael conner humphreys, on the set of forrest gump, oscars 1994, Paramount Pictures, philadelphia film, Pulp Fiction, Robert Zemeckis, Sally Field, steve starkey, Tom Hanks, university press of kentucky, Warner Bros., winston groom

Steve Starkey’s production story is a nostalgia tale within a nostalgia tale

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Jeffrey Epstein, Meet Pierce Morehouse Patchett

March 5, 2026March 10, 2026 Samuel Porteous 0 Comments 1990s Cinema, Abuse Of Power, academy awards 1998, blackmail, brian helgeland, bud white, crime films, cultural criticism, Curtis Hanson, Danny DeVito, david strathairn, ed exley, elite corruption, ellis loew, epstein files, epstein scandal, film analysis, film noir, Guy Pearce, hollywood corruption, hollywood history, hollywood mythology, hollywood noir revival, hollywood scandals, james ellroy, Jeffrey Epstein, justice and corruption, kompromat, kompromat politics, la confidential, los angeles history, neo noir, noir cinema, noir literature, organized vice, pierce morehouse patchett, political corruption, power and impunity, ron rifkin, Russell Crowe, sex trafficking, sid hudgens

‘L.A. Confidential’ forecast some of the network of abuse and how we feel about it

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How Far Was It From ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ to Epstein’s Island?

December 24, 2025January 2, 2026 Matt Hanson 1 Comment 1990s Cinema, Elite Decadence, Eyes Wide Shut, film criticism, Film Legacy, Jeffrey Epstein, Marriage and Desire, masculinity, Nicole Kidman, Psychological Drama, Sex and Power, sexual politics, Stanley Kubrick, Tom Cruise

Stanley Kubrick’s monument to elite depravity is sadly fresh

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A School of Magic That Does Not Patronize the Viewers

May 4, 2026May 11, 2026 William Schwartz 0

‘Witch Hat Atelier’ represents an evolution for a genre mired in Harry Potter

Featured Stories FILM

The Devil Barely Cares About Prada

May 1, 2026May 11, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0

BOOKS Featured Stories

Robots, Soccer, King Arthur and More : 10 Books To Read in May

May 1, 2026May 5, 2026 Art McPhail 0

Featured Stories Netflix Streaming TELEVISION

Everything That’s Streaming in May 2026

April 30, 2026May 5, 2026 Jake Harris 0

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