Home Sweet Home Alone
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John Hughes
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John Hughes Movie Reviews
Vacation
Characters
Just Visiting
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Home Alone 3
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Flubber
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101 Dalmatians
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Dennis The Menace
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Curly Sue
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Dutch
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Home Alone
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National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
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Uncle Buck
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She’s Having a Baby
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles
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Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
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Pretty in Pink
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Weird Science
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The Breakfast Club
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Sixteen Candles
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Blog Posts That Mention John Hughes
Interviews
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Julia Hart on “Don’t Say Good Luck”
Features
A Fond Farewell to Our Critic Monica Castillo
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2025: 20 World Premieres We Can’t Wait to See
Interviews
Movies That Deal with the Peculiarities of Being a Teenager: Bruce Handy on His New Book about Teen Movies
TV/Streaming
What to Watch on Netflix: April 2025
Features
The Brat Pack Movies, Ranked
Features
Steve Martin Is an Auteur Without Having Directed a Thing
Features
Director Maureen Bharoocha on Rita Moreno’s Two Requests Before Signing on for Campy Horror The Prank, Watching the EGOT Winner Break Bad
Chaz's Journal
Alamo Drafthouse Wrigleyville Opens Today in Chicago
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Guide: November 2022
Tributes
Goodbye to a Chicago Legend: Sergio Mims (1955-2022)
Black Writers Week
FX’s The Bear Feels Like a New Chicago Classic
TV/Streaming
Paramount+’s The Offer Can’t Sell Godfather Making-Of
Features
The Legacy of ‘90s Teen Girl Murder Films
Interviews
Defying Gravity: Dante Basco, Caroline Goodall, James V. Hart, Charlie Korsmo and More on the Thirtieth Anniversary of Hook
TV/Streaming
First Four Laika Releases Get Special Edition Blu-rays
Chaz's Journal
Buffalo 8 Celebrates Tenth Anniversary
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Guide: March 2021
Interviews
Strong Ideas, Loosely Held: Director Josh Greenbaum on Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Features
Bright Wall/Dark Room October 2020: I’m Happy To Disappoint You: A Gen X Girl’s Undying Love for Ellen Ripley by Kali White VanBaale
Features
Easy A at 10: The Definitive Millennial High School Movie Emerges
Interviews
Bring the Soul to Life: Oscar-Winning Editor Paul Hirsch on “Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” “Star Wars” and His New Memoir
TV/Streaming
John Hughes Meets George A. Romero in Netflix’s Daybreak
Features
Who Tells Our Stories: Gender Progress Behind the Screen is Reflected On It
Features
Shakespeare for Feminists: An Oral History of 10 Things I Hate About You
Festivals & Awards
SXSW 2019: Booksmart, Good Boys
Features
Eighth Grade and the Political Currency of Being a Teenage Girl
Chaz's Journal
We Have Been Them: Roger Ebert’s Reviews About Empathy
Chaz's Journal
The C-Section in American Movies
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: January 4, 2018
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: November 2, 2017
Interviews
Genuine Satisfaction: Stephen Cone on “Princess Cyd”
Features
Thumbnails 6/15/17
Chaz's Journal
Time and Mortality: “Donnie Darko” Turns 15
Features
The Consummate Everyman: Goodbye to Bill Paxton
Features
The Individual Top Tens of 2016
Interviews
Making Something Out Of Nothing: Will Speck and Josh Gordon on “Office Christmas Party”
Festivals & Awards
NYFF 2016 Recap
TV/Streaming
On The Road Again: “Wim Wenders: The Road Trilogy” Comes to Criterion Blu-Ray
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: April 21, 2016
Interviews
A Family’s Mosaic: Joachim Trier on “Louder Than Bombs”
Features
Visual Pleasure and Voodoo Demographics: A Reflection on Women and Film (Updated)
TV/Streaming
FX’s “Baskets” Finds Zach Galifianakis in Fine Form
Interviews
If You Don’t Read This Interview, We’ll Kill This Dog
Features
Thumbnails 8/3/15
Interviews
Personal Expression: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon on “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl”
MZS
“The Breakfast Club”, 30 Years Later: A Conversation Across Generations
Features
Thumbnails 3/18/15
Festivals & Awards
Sundance 2015 Interview: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon of “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl”
Festivals & Awards
