In reconsidering the 1982 slasher flick, Xtra contributor KC Hoard realizes it’s not the size of the movie, it’s what you put in it that counts

Reinterpretations by Bronski Beat, Underworld and Madonna reflect our changing world—and our unending love for dance music

Critics were not kind to Todd Hayne’s third film, but “Velvet Goldmine” achieved cult status thanks to its outrageous soundtrack

“Relax” and “Two Tribes” were 1980s clickbait, but there was radical genius at the core of the Frankie Goes to Hollywood hype machine

Best known as half of “Palex,” the series’ first bisexual deserved a better ending than she got

Twenty years on, the comedy classic outlasted “girl power” and anticipated the #MeToo movement

Her 1988 debut album continues to teach me lessons I might not learn elsewhere

Revolution was hiding in plain sight on this riotous party album from 1989

It’s been a decade since the artist’s influential debut mixtape “Nostalgia, Ultra”