Back in the Aughts, your Netflix queue was an ordered list of DVDs you wanted to have mailed to you. I remember going on a Jack Nicholson binge and going from Easy Rider to Five Easy Pieces to Chinatown to One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – what an era! Chinatown was especially memorable due to peak Nicholson star power and a masterful script. No surprise, the L.A.-set noir turns 50 this year amid rumors of a prequel series with Best Screenplay winner Robert Towne and David Fincher (Fight Club, Gone Girl). – Kat McNevins
Nov. 18-20
