The Cult of the Clueless Hero: Why ‘Big Trouble in Little China’ Defied Its Box Office Failure to Become a Cinematic Landmark
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In the pantheon of 1980s cinema, few films occupy a space as bizarre, divisive, and enduringly fascinating as John Carpenter’s 1986 genre-mashup, Big Trouble in Little China. At the time of its release, the film was a textbook example of a major studio…
As If! The Enduring Cultural Legacy of ‘Clueless’ at 30
It has been more than three decades since a "total Betty" named Cher Horowitz sauntered into our collective consciousness, forever altering the vernacular of the American teenager. With her dreamiest computer-operated closet, a heart of gold,…
