If there ever was an artist that would perfectly embody an artists' artist and critical darling, it would be David Ackles, whose short career spawned one of music's most highly regarded albums.
'A Life Less Ordinary' was Danny Boyle and Ewan McGregor's follow-up to 'Trainspotting,' and while it wasn't nearly the hit that was, it led to a lot of subsequent success for everyone involved.
A lot of the Coens brothers' movies are dark, and a lot of them are violent, but none are as downright bleak as 'No Country for Old Men' - arguably the best film in their steep catalog.
'Starship Troopers', much like Paul Verhoeven's earlier film 'Robocop', had a pretty clear message of anti-fascism that, also like his earlier film, often got lost on viewers.
'The Hidden' arrived three years before the arrival of 'Twin Peaks,' but it's a movie that should naturally appeal to fans of that particular show. For one, it's got Kyle MacLachlan, playing an FBI agent with an unorthodox style.
While one could make many cases against 'Argo', it's still a wildly entertaining film that's deserving of its accolades and even more remarkable for what it did for Ben Affleck's career.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of some great movies from 1972, and while 'Night of the Lepus' (a horror pseudo-Western about giant bunnies attacking) isn't a great film by any stretch, it is a great oddity.
There was once a time, albeit brief, when Steven Seagal was actually both cool and a plausible movie star; with the best of his run being 1992's 'Under Siege.'
Started by Chuck Shepherd in 1988, the News of the Weird column became a touchstone for a lot of people growing up. But who was the man behind it? And was that even his real name?
A year before the 1998 debut of 'Mystery Science Theater 3000,'came 'Amazon Women on the Moon,' a movie with surprisingly similar sensibility, familiar faces, and some truly memorable sketches.
'In & Out' was a decent-sized hit that got its origin story from Tom Hanks' 1994 Oscars speech. And while it had its heart in the right place, it's very much a film of its time.
Give Tim Robbins' film 'Bob Roberts' this, three decades after its release: they walked so Dr. Mehmet Oz could run.
Spike Lee's 2002 film '25th Hour' is generally considered the best film ever made about the aftermath of 9/11and ranks among Lee's best films.
When 'Southland Tales' arrived in November of 2007, 15 years ago last month, it was an immediate flop, a strange movie that audiences couldn't make heads or tails of. But they were wrong.
'Three Men and a Baby' was a massive hit when it came out which featured one of the greatest apartment sets in the history of movies and spawned an urban legend about a ghost boy.
Michael Moore has basically been making the same politically charged documentaries for three decades now, and back in '02 he delivered his most prominent work in 'Bowling for Columbine.'
Dylan Kidd's 'Roger Dodger' didn't exactly make a huge splash when it landed in the fall of 2002 but it's a movie with a hell of a hook that's always stayed with me after I saw it.
One of the quintessential movies of the New Hollywood of the 1970s turns 50 years old this year. 'The King of Marvin Gardens,' directed by Bob Rafelson, was weird, experimental, and featured Jack Nicholson on top of his game.
George Clooney has been a movie star for 25 years now, but the best movie he's ever been a part of — 'Michael Clayton' — is one from 2007 that was a flop at the time of its release.
Released 45 years ago now, 'Eraserhead's exercise in surrealism was very clearly an early look at what David Lynch is capable of as a filmmaker, at a time when his talents had not yet been fully developed.
Released 10 years ago, 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' is one of the best teen movies of the 2010s, touching on mental illness and brimming with a promising young cast.
'Singles' wasn't Cameron Crowe's best film, but, it truly captured that brief moment in rock and roll history where '90s grunge had Seattle at the center of the universe.
George Clinton, songwriter, vocalist, producer, and bandleader has been described as a "genius" and a "pioneer" of funk music, but he is also a man who has had to fight for his rightful place in the annals of popular music.
'Cop Land', released 25 years ago, was a relatively run-of-the-mill cop corruption thriller that's distinguished by featuring one of the best casts ever assembled for a crime film.