Ten Years Ago: Films In Retrospective

06/04/2025

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!

05/29/2025

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.

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…

05/24/2025

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.

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…

05/15/2025

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.

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…

04/12/2025

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.

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…

04/03/2025

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.

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…

03/05/2025

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