The Classical Hollywood System is typified by films like Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Casablanca, and The Wolf Man, where a kiss implied sex, the sound of a gunshot implied death, and Clark Gable’s famous line in Gone with the Wind was scandalous.

Around the same time J. J. Abrams was showcasing his ode to Spielberg via Super 8, Joe Cornish's Attack the Block was in limited release and getting none of the attention it deserved.

The tenth anniversary of “Napoleon Dynamite” is special for a number of reasons, both on a cultural level, and for me, on a personal one.