• A Kind of Loving
  • Chilly Scenes of Winter
  • The Party
  • I Am Jonas
  • La La Land

Films where They Go to the Cinema or Movie Theater

This list must already exist (and better filled, at that), but I'm having difficulty finding it with the number of…

  • High Fidelity
  • Empire Records
  • Pretty in Pink
  • Velvet Goldmine
  • Before Sunrise

Record Shops in Film

Because I used to go to one once a week throughout my teens and now I can't the last…

  • Running on Empty
  • The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
  • Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
  • Winter's Tale
  • North by Northwest

Headin' to the Library, Checkin' Out Some Microfilm

Call off the search, "microfilm-shoved-up-anus" has to be the best IMDb keyword in existence.

One of many highlights of my…

  • Little Darlings
  • Poison Ivy
  • Happy Campers
  • Wet Hot American Summer
  • Indian Summer

Movies That Make Me Wish I Went to Summer Camp

Although I never went, these movies make me wish my parents sent me off to summer camp - some, uhh,…

  • High Fidelity
  • Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
  • Not Another Teen Movie
  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  • No Strings Attached

I Made You A Mixtape: Mixtapes/CDs in Film

Part of my nostalgia series, a tribute to the art of the mixtape, or mix CD. As John Cusack's character…

  • Grease
  • Grease 2
  • Diner
  • Dirty Dancing
  • American Graffiti

Films From the 70s and 80s Set in the 50s and 60s (an Incomplete List)

Does what it says on the tin! I'm endlessly fascinated by films from the 1970s and 80s that are set…

  • The Legend of Billie Jean
  • Scenes from a Mall
  • Clueless
  • Mean Girls
  • Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Scenes From a Mall: Malls in Film

I'm talking proper Mall of America-type affairs, with fountains and fake plants.

(Part of my nostalgia series)

Suggestions welcome, I'm…

  • Funny Face
  • Dan in Real Life
  • When Harry Met Sally...
  • Falling in Love
  • You've Got Mail

Bookstores in Film

There's few things I like more than running ideas into the ground, so as a follow-up to my list of…

  • The Breakfast Club
  • Pretty in Pink
  • Sixteen Candles
  • Velvet Goldmine
  • Clueless

My Teenaged-Self's Canon (Ages 12 to 18)

Watching 'Splendor' the other day, I couldn't help but think that if I'd had that on tape as a teenager,…