Ten Years Ago: Films In Retrospective

Hey all. In May, 10YA hit its 15-year anniversary, a milestone for something I started just because I was bored and wanted to do something fun. It has morphed into something wonderful: a destination for incredible pieces of criticism and analysis, thoughtful trips through personal and shared histories, and a reminder of how many films can slip through the cracks.

I’ve decided to use this as a chance to shift my attention to other responsibilities for the time being. Yeah, it only takes up about an hour of work per week on average, but this site has always been a reminder that I’m not getting any younger.

10YA is officially on hiatus so I can focus on other projects. Thank you for your readership, the hundreds of re-views, and the memories.

And keep going to the movies!

Writer/teacher/brother-in-law Joe Horton talks parenting, disaster preparedness, and the progressive loops of Bay Area politics in his re-view of Dwayne “Lorraine” Johnson’s earthquake disaster film SAN ANDREAS.

Ten Years Ago: San Andreas Writer/teacher/brother-in-law Joe Horton talks parenting, disaster preparedness, and the progressive loops of Bay Area politics in his re-view of Dwayne “Lorraine” Johnson’s earthquake disaster fil…

Betsy Cass takes in John Maclean’s “British Western” SLOW WEST and its window into the wounded soul of the American West from an outsider looking in.

Ten Years Ago: Slow West Betsy Cass takes in John Maclean’s “British Western” Slow West and its “window into the wounded soul of the American West from an outsider looking in.” I don’t even like Westerns. Hones…

Witness Stevi Costa approach the Wasteland as she discusses disability and capitalism in George Miller’s multiple Oscars-winning, era-defining genre masterpiece MAD MAX: FURY ROAD.

Ten Years Ago: Mad Max: Fury Road Witness Stevi Costa approach the Wasteland as she discusses disability and capitalism in George Miller’s multiple Oscars-winning, era-defining genre masterpiece Mad Max: Fury Road. When Mad Max: Fu…

Erik Jaccard revisits EX MACHINA in the age of AI, pondering the power that shapes our relationships to the machines that offer us the illusion of ease.

Ten Years Ago: Ex Machina Erik Jaccard revisits Ex Machina in the age of AI, pondering the power that shapes our relationships to the machines that offer us the illusion of ease. Ex Machina (2015) Written and directed by Al…

Amie Simon of Three Imaginary Girls and I Love Splatter joins the family and drives her car out of a goddamn cargo plane with James Wan’s epic, ridiculous, and irresistible FURIOUS 7.

Ten Years Ago: Furious 7 Amie Simon of Three Imaginary Girls and I Love Splatter joins the family and drives her car out of a goddamn cargo plane with James Wan’s epic, ridiculous, and irresistible Furious 7. TEN YEARS AGO…

Maccewill J D Yip joins the skeptics and calls out charlatans with The Amazing Randi, the subject of the 2014 documentary AN HONEST LIAR.

Ten Years Ago: An Honest Liar Maccewill Yip joins the skeptics and calls out charlatans with The Amazing Randi, the subject of the 2014 documentary An Honest Liar. “What harm can it do?” It’s what is often asked regarding mediu…