| Kyle Buchanan Pop Culture Reporter | | Hey, movie fans! It's your faithful Carpetbagger. | | This weekend's most notable films are opening in limited release with the hope that, if moviegoers in New York and Los Angeles spark to them, they can soon expand to the rest of the country and potentially accrue some award-season heat. Those aspirants include Luca Guadagnino's remake of the horror film "Suspiria," the moody drama "Burning" starring Steven Yeun, and the utterly unpredictable "Border." | | Each of these movies is guaranteed to have you debating it afterward with friends, though I wonder if any argument can be as heated as the one that broke out online yesterday once everyone learned that Paramount is pursuing a remake of Amy Heckerling's 1995 comedy "Clueless." The original film is an all-time classic, with a wonderful, lightning-in-a-bottle performance from Alicia Silverstone. What could possibly compare? | | The thing that makes me saddest about this, though, is that studios have by and large abandoned the teen movie, and the closest they'll get to making a new one is remaking an old one. For the last few decades, each generation has had an influential, highly quotable high-school comedy to call their own, but the proud tradition that gave us "Heathers," "Clueless" and "Mean Girls" seemed to have sputtered out in the aughts, and that's a shame. If major studios really want to lure teenagers away from Netflix and back to the multiplex, then maybe they should treat them with respect: Instead of giving them the cinematic equivalent of a hand-me-down, start making fresh high-school movies that teens might actually want to see. | | |
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