Chicago is what I am,” John Hughes once said of his hometown, the centerpiece around the late director and screenwriter’s movies and the base of his trifecta of ’80s films—Sixteen Candles, The ...

Molly Ringwald will forever be known for the trio of '80s John Hughes teen movies she starred in, and the last of these ...

Cinematic exposition is a tricky thing. When we watch movies, we’re being plunked into a story already in progress. And unless you’re watching some outré arthouse film allowed to play by its own rules ...

“Pretty in Pink” is currently screening at several theaters as part of its 40th-anniversary revival, a milestone that invites nostalgia but rewards reappraisal. Released in 1986, the film arrives as a ...