A Pyromaniac’s Love Story nudged its way into that mid-90s moment when studios were throwing money at anything that looked vaguely indie but still had top shelf appeal. This was peak Sundance fever – it seemed that every exec wanted their own chatty romantic comedy with shiftless Gen X characters. The film sits awkwardly between … Read more
Casablanca. Rebel Without a Cause. Easy Rider. Saturday Night Fever. Every decade had a film that helped define it. Few of them tried to do it with their own tagline. “The Generation X comedy,” indeed. Only a handful of people seem to remember this one. It wasn’t the kind of movie you rented twice. But … Read more
“Some people call me the space cowboy…” There was this short window in the mid-’90s – somewhere between Slacker and Swingers – when indie films about people just listlessly talking about random stuff were the new cool. All you needed was coffee, some smokes, and endless conversations about life choices, career goals, self-esteem, generational malaise, … Read more