Kevin Smokler

Kevin Smokler is the author of four books about pop culture, including his newest, "Break the Frame: Conversations with Women Filmmakers." He lives in San Francisco.

"American Psycho" at 25: How Mary Harron turned a misunderstood novel into a masterpiece Kevin Smokler

"We are an invisible people": Creator Tanya Saracho on the end of her queer Latinx series "Vida" Kevin Smokler

Cynthia Erivo, Greta Gerwig, Lulu Wang, Barack & Michelle Obama, and Ava DuVernay

Diversity didn't die with the Oscars – here are the kickass creatives to celebrate and support Kevin Smokler

Rick Springfield

Rick Springfield: From "Jessie's Girl" to "God, the devil and sex" Kevin Smokler

Steve Martin and John Candy in “Planes, Trains & Automobiles”

How "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" redefined Thanksgiving Kevin Smokler

"Stranger Things" and the sinister innocence of Reagan's America Kevin Smokler

Happy Soccer Team

Doomed to relive high school? Science that says who we were at 16 still defines us Kevin Smokler

Andrew McCarthy

Andrew McCarthy stretches his wings: "I do have a strong yearning to escape" Kevin Smokler

Lea Thompson in

"Some Kind of Wonderful" at 30: On the John Hughes film's epic romances — on- and off-camera — that endure Kevin Smokler

The Breakfast Club

When you grow up, your heart doesn't have to die: Kevin Smokler and Jason Diamond on the perfectly imperfect world of John Hughes Kevin Smokler

Nightmare on Elm Street

The psychos down the street: Slaying the suburban slasher flicks of my youth Kevin Smokler

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Secrets of the "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" soundtrack: "Oh my God, this song is about Cameron" Kevin Smokler

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Ferris Bueller's missing soundtrack: Why we shouldn't mourn what we never had Kevin Smokler

Pretty in Pink

The trouble with Duckie: How "Pretty in Pink’s" most lovable character gave a generation of teenage boys the wrong idea Kevin Smokler

Back to the Future

I went "Back to the Future" but nothing was there: How I lost Hill Valley and where I found it Kevin Smokler

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