Why Movies Won’t Let Go of the Past
In the past decade or so, Hollywood and global cinema have been looking backward—not just in the form of historical epics, but in reboots, remakes, sequels, and movies saturated in stylistic nod. From 1980s fashion revivalism in Stranger Things to franchise revivals like Ghostbusters, Jurassic Park, Top Gun, and even The Matrix, it's clear that nostalgia has become the defining impulse of modern filmmaking.