Steven Spielberg's Jaws took some of the most interesting aspects of the aquatic creature feature subgenre and redefined it with simplistic methods. With a shark that rarely worked, POV shots took the ...

Mayor Vaughn epitomizes greed by prioritizing money over safety, by denying shark attacks, and refusing to close the beach. Quint is the Jaws equivalent of Captain Ahab, with a dark past that leaves ...

Fifty years after Jaws, Spielberg is arguably the country's most important living filmmaker — a national treasure — but the ...

Melody MacReady is a writer and transwoman (she/her), passionate about all things pop culture-related. From movies to shows to games to comic books, there is not much that she does not enjoy or ...

A new documentary explores how Steven Spielberg’s hit reshaped the movie industry 50 years ago and why it resonates today. Hint: It’s not the shark. By Chris Vognar On the most basic level “Jaws” is a ...

NEW YORK — Fifty years after “Jaws” sunk its teeth into us, we’re still admiring the bite mark. Steven Spielberg’s 1975 film, his second feature, left such a imprint on culture and Hollywood that ...

In a cramped, $50-a-month room above a New Jersey furnace-supply company, Peter Benchley set to work on what he once said, half-jokingly, might be “a Ulysses for the 1970s.” A novel resulted from ...

Fifty years ago, "Jaws" made many moviegoers afraid to get into the water. To celebrate its fear-inducing feat, the movie is returning to theaters across the U.S. for its anniversary. Why not ...

Embark on a journey to Martha’s Vineyard, the real-life “Amity Island,” for the 50th anniversary celebration of the blockbuster film “Jaws.” Through conversations with longtime fans, collectors, and ...

Looking back, I guess the timing of my parents taking us three kids on vacation to the beaches of Wildwood, N.J. for a week could have been better. It was early Summer 1975 and we had just seen the ...