Debate Week

Between John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, and Alfred Hitchcock, 1959 has it all.

The studio system was collapsing, the French New Wave was on the rise, and Gregory Peck was cinema’s greatest dad. 

Not just defined by its epic summer, 1982 was a year-long explosion of significant cinematic entertainment.

Ray Liotta playing a cokehead alone makes 1990 the best year for cinema.

Zombies, space sagas and age ratings: fifty years ago, cinema was changed forever.

From films that wouldn’t die easily to John Hughes’ darker side to lands that existed before time, there’s a strong case to be made for 1988.

Our first ever Debate Week begins with Hollywood enthralled in World War II, but still able put out legendary films that still influence filmmaking today.