Fifty years ago, the George Lucas film “American Graffiti,” an homage to his high school days of cruising hot rods and ’50s rock music, revved up the age of nostalgia. People had already been pining ...

Nostalgia sneaks up on you. One moment, you're mindlessly scrolling; the next, a blurry photo, a TV theme song, or a forgotten memory blindsides you. All of a sudden, you're smiling, maybe tearing up, ...

The 2000s was a colorful time in history. While the world wasn’t as technologically primitive as in the 1990s, we were also not living in a world with a short attention span driven by TikTok dances ...

Not long after Ronald Reagan first became president, the poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron recorded a single called “‘B’ Movie” that attributed the Gipper’s appeal to various factors, but most of all ...

When you look around and realize how dangerous, complicated, and exhausting the world has gotten, you can’t help but yearn for the good old days. Life seemed much simpler and far less messy in the ...

Why rewatching "Harry Potter" and "Star Wars" is actually good for you. Nostalgia has taken over our culture. The top-grossing movies of 2023 were "Barbie" and "The Super Mario Bros. Movie." "Hogwarts ...

Nostalgia is a powerful political tool. Wielding nostalgia for a bygone era — one that is invariably mischaracterized — is a favorite weapon for fascist movements (Make America Great Again), harking ...

As Concord’s preeminent sign maker, he’s worked with countless businesses to create iconic imagery that’s hung outside of shops for decades. But with rebranding, business transactions and exposure to ...