Film Appreciation

Film Appreciation articles are where we devote some time and space to discussing some of our favorite movies to watch, laying out details on what we enjoy about them and maybe even sharing some memories we have involving the film.

We welcome guest contributors for this feature, anyone can contribute a Film Appreciation article at any time. The only hard rule: keep it positive. Don't use your love for one film to tear another film down, just talk about the movie you enjoy. Length of the articles vary, we try to aim for at least a page and a half.

Everyone has different perspectives, memories, and ways of writing, so we will even accept Film Appreciation submissions for movies that already have Appreciation articles devoted to them.

If you're a movie fan who would like to write a Film Appreciation article to be featured on the blog, just e-mail us at lifebetweenframes@gmail.com and let us know.

Below we have a list of the Film Appreciation articles that can currently be found on the blog: 

2023

2022

2021
Anna and the Apocalypse (2017) - Back to the Future Part II (1989) - Blade (1998) - Blade II (2002) - Christmas Vacation (1989) - The Crow (1994) - Dutch (1991) - Final Destination 5 (2011) - Fletch (1985) - Fletch Lives (1989) - Ghostbusters (1984) - Ghostbusters II (1989) - Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) - Interview with the Vampire (1994) - Jennifer's Body (2009) - Jerry Maguire (1996) - Juno (2007) - Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) - Past Midnight (1991) - Rambo: Last Blood (2019) - Taxi Driver (1976) - Urban Cowboy (1980) - Used Cars (1980) - Vacation (1983).

2020

2019
April Fool's Day (1986) - Chasing Amy (1997) - Clerks (1994) - Clerks: The Animated Series (2000) - Clerks II (2006) - Creepshow (1982) - Demons (1985) - Demons 2 (1986) - Dogma (1999) - First Blood (1982) - Frozen (2010) - The Funhouse (1981) - I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) - Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) - Jersey Girl (2004) - Land of the Dead (2005) - Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) - The Magnificent Seven (1960) - Mallrats (1995) - Murder Party (2007) - Polymorph (1996) - Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) - Rambo III (1988) - Rambo (2008) - Return of the Living Dead III (1993) - Session 9 (2001) - Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008).

2018
Armed and Dangerous (1986) - Beetlejuice (1988) - Blind Date (1987) - Day of the Dead (1985) - The Dead Pool (1988) - Dirty Harry (1971) - The Enforcer (1976) - The Faculty (1998) - Grindhouse (2007) - Halloween (1978) - Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) - Hellboy (2004) - Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) - I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) - The Legend of Billie Jean (1985) - Magnum Force (1973) - Predator 2 (1990) - Pulp Fiction (1994) - Scream (1996) - Scream 2 (1997) - Spider Baby (1967) - Sudden Impact (1983) - The Thing (1982) - Walk Like a Man (1987).

2017
An American Werewolf in London (1981) - Arachnophobia (1990) - Basket Case (1982) - Coffy (1973) - Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) - The Creature Walks Among Us (1956) - Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th (2013) - The Dark Half (1993) - Dazed and Confused (1993) - Dog Soldiers (2002) - A Fistful of Dollars (1964) - For a Few Dollars More (1965) - Frankenhooker (1990) - Ginger Snaps (2000) - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) - The Howling (1981) - It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) - Jack and the Beanstalk (1952) - Lethal Weapon (1987) - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) - Mission: Impossible III (2006) - The Monster Squad (1987) - The Return of Swamp Thing (1989) - Revenge of the Creature (1955) - Silent Rage (1982) - The Strangers (2008) - Them, a.k.a. Ils (2006) - Twins (1988).

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012
Beautiful Girls (1996), The Blair Witch Project (1999), Chinatown (1974), The Dead Matter (2010), Die Hard (1988), Friday the 13th Part III (1982), Goblin (1993), Halloween (1978), Halloween II (1981), Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), Halloween 5 (1989), Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995), Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998), Halloween: Resurrection (2002), Halloween (2007), Halloween II (2009), The Hitcher (1986), Hoosiers (1986), Hoosiers (1986) Take II, It (1990), Knightriders (1981), Let the Right One In (2008), Let the Right One In (2008) Take II, Mission: Impossible II (2000), Night of the Living Dead (1990), Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Session 9 (2001), Silver Bullet (1985), Spider-Man (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Swamp Thing (1982), Tape (2001), Trancers (1985), Vanilla Sky (2001), V for Vendetta (2005), The Wraith (1986).

2011
The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1986), American Movie (1999), Back to the Future (1985), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Black Belt Jones (1974), Blood Simple (1984), Brick (2005), Carrie (1976), Cobra (1986), Creepshow 2 (1987), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974), Far from Home (1989), The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967), FleshEater (1988), Frantic (1988), Friday the 13th (1980), The Goonies (1985), Grizzly (1976), Halloween (1978), Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), Halloween 5 (1989), High Fidelity (2000), The House of the Devil (2009), The Hustler (1961), Intruder (1989), Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI (1986), Last Days (2005), The Last House on the Left (1972), License to Drive (1988), Misery (1990), The Monster Squad (1987), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Nightmare on Elm Street franchise (1984-2010), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Race with the Devil (1975), The Rainmaker (1997), Raising Arizona (1987), Requiem for a Dream (2000), RoboCop (1987), The Room (2003), Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Stand by Me (1986), Summer School (1987), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986), Three O'Clock High (1987), The Tracey Fragments (2007), Twin Peaks (1990-1991), Universal Monsters (1931-1956), Valley Girl (1983), Wendy and Lucy (2008), Young Guns (1988).