1985 was a year of nostalgia. The biggest hits of 1985 were all throwbacks of one kind or another, each one designed to stress the glories of American exceptionalism. Robert Zemeckis' "Back to the ...

Have you ever had a dream, bordering on a nightmare, where you were trying desperately to get back home but obstacle after obstacle kept getting in your way? Martin Scorsese’s After Hours is the ...

1985 was a contradictory year for the movies. Its best films were split between pop spectacle and prestige drama, rebellious youth stories and weighty historical epics. Many of them were ambitious, ...