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What Constitutes a Cult Film?

What Constitutes a Cult Film?

The slippery notion of cult status and how it can be outgrown

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Simon Dillon
Nov 15, 2023
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Blade Runner (1982). Credit: Warner Brothers

My Facebook feed recently regurgitated an old Vogue article wherein editors listed their favorite cult films of the 1990s. Their choices often surprised me, as they included smash hits like The Matrix (1999) and Titanic (1997). Surely, huge blockbusters do not constitute cult films? Then again, what exactly is…

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