'The Rising,' Bruce Springsteen's 12th studio album and his first with the E Street Band in 18 years, takes up a fascinating place in Springsteen's history and is widely remembered as his "9/11 album."
Released 10 years ago, 'The Dark Knight Rises' might not be as highly regarded as its 2008 predecessor, but its still a very good superhero film and easily better than every one that followed.
Austin Butler's 'Elvis' biopic has been getting all the attention but my favorite Elvis movie remains 'Bubba Ho-Tep', an absurdist horror-comedy where he's secretly lived past his "official" death and fights a mummy.
Released 10 years ago, 'Paul Williams: Still Alive' was a tale of two stories; one that gives a glimpse at one of American pop culture's most fascinating figures and one that comes from the Michael Moore/Morgan Spurlock/Nick Broomfield school of filmmaking.
'Moonrise Kingdom', which arrived 10 years ago this week, is arguably Wes Anderson's most underrated and different film amongst his storied pantheon of movies. Charming, low-stakes, and very funny.
'Deep Throat' is quite possibly the most famous pornographic movie of all time and is angling for a 50th anniversary cinema return, but that raises a litany of questions that need considering.
Released 20 years ago this week 'Death to Smoochy' arrived as a deeply dark and cynical comedy that appears to have been written by someone whose kids got really into Barney and drove their parents to homicidal fantasy.
10 years ago Daniel Gelb delivered one of the truly great documentaries about food with 'Jiro Dreams of Sushi', a compelling portrait of a master at work.
25 years ago this week 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien' debuted a new bit featuring a dog puppet who trotted out a simple joke construction: Praise of a specific person or thing, followed by "…for me to poop on."
Christmas Day 2001 saw the release of a full-on Hollywood biopic of the "Greatest of All Time," simply titled 'Ali.' Directed by Michael Mann and starring Will Smith, it didn't stray far from the sports biopic formula but it was executed to near-perfection.
To mark the half-century milestone of David Bowie's classic album the forthcoming reissue will boast a reimagined version of one of the more iconic songs.
25 years ago, Billy Bob Thornton wrote himself a career-best role in 'Sling Blade', directed the movie himself, and rode it to an Oscar and a lengthy period of unlikely stardom; while also helping usher in the '90s indie dream.
'The Simpsons' is an extremely important show to a lot of people, and while the movie doesn't transcend the show or anything like it, it's still very much worthy of the name.
'Withnail and I' was a movie about drunkenness, combining a rather sad plot with a surprising amount of laughs. While not a hit when it first arrived, it's attained cult classic status as the years have gone by.
25 years ago 'Face/Off' arrived, featuring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage in some of their most luxurious over-acting of their careers, a ridiculous plot, and impossible action sequences.
Released 20 years ago, the Eddie Griffin-led 'Undercover Brother' arrived as a loving tribute and parody of '70s blaxploitation films; consistently funny with one of the best soundtracks since the turn of the century.
The expanded set of Little Feat's 'Waiting for Columbus' will include a newly remastered version of the original double album, plus three previously unreleased concerts.
Released in 1997 and directed by Luc Besson, 'The Fifth Element' was really two films (one much better than the other), but whose stunning visuals and fun-filled ride still stand out today.
Jim Carrey exploded onto the scene of the mid-1990s as one of Hollywood's leading stars going on an impressive run of major hits, with his criminally underrated 'Liar Liar' coming right in the midst of it all.
Jordan Peele's debut film, 'Get Out', did something pretty radical, that arrived right on time: It made a movie about American racial prejudice in which the villains were not rednecks, Klansmen, or other traditional racist bad guys.
In the year 1990, there were many very memorable gangster films and numerous equally good modern re-tellings of Shakespearian plays; 'Men of Respect', a weird, silly adaptation of Macbeth, was neither of those.
In 1996's savage satire 'Citizen Ruth', Alexander Payne and lead star, Laura Dern, did the near impossible: make a successful movie about abortion, and make it a comedy to boot.
30 years ago, Oliver Stone delivered 'JFK', one of the best edited movies in history, that on the one hand is almost wholly untrue while on the other hand hugely entertaining.
10 years ago last week saw the release of 'The Artist', a throwback film released 80 years after the end of the silent era that dominated the awards season, but has now all but disappeared from the public conscious.