American Beauty (1999) is a comedy film for most of its runtime except for its final moments. Because then, it becomes a ...

When people talk about the past, they’re usually actually talking about the present. In 2019, there have been a flood of remembrances about the films of 1999. Widely acknowledged as one of the finest ...

When I was a teenager in the suburbs, I thought my life to be very romantic: the silence, the boredom, the lush, predictable scenery, the feeling of being trapped. My journal was filled with ...

Fifteen years ago this week, Sam Mendes’ film American Beauty arrived in U.S. theaters. In Florida, a film critic named Jay Boyar reviewed Mendes’ first full-length feature for the Orlando ...

Danny Cox has never seen a movie in his entire life. 1999 was such a good movie year that there's even a book about how it might be the best movie year ever. However, 25 years later, what was ...