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 notion of the “nostalgic American” served liberals as an ideal whipping boy at a time when the intellectual foundations of liberalism were beginning to erode. As the dogma of progress became ...

Everybody who has seen some Tarkovsky movies knows that a thrilling plot is not to be expected. However with "Nostalgia" Tarkovsky seems to outperform himself in this respect. Maybe this is the reason ...

Nostalgia is one of the internet’s favorite pastimes. The New York Times recently reported on a new trend built around that feeling: social media accounts posting AI-generated scenes that look as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kian Bakhtiari writes about Gen-Z marketing and social impact. Nostalgia can be defined as a sentimental yearning for the past, ...

Chapter 1 of Andrey A Tarkovsky’s film on his father Andrei Tarkovsky, one of the greatest auteurs of cinema, begins with the filmmaker himself. Sunlight falls on an old photograph of Andrey’s boyhood ...

Although it can be bittersweet, nostalgia tends to evoke in people memories of a time long past that is both uniquely pleasant and irretrievable. A new study led by the University of Cambridge in the ...

Nostalgia is a complex emotion. It blends longing for a cherished past and the bittersweet realization that one can never fully return to that time. Psychologists have puzzled over why humans ...

Cathal McGuinness is a recent college graduate from Dublin, Ireland. He has been writing short stories and articles from the age of 15. He was awarded the George Dempsey prize for English Prose ...

In The Nostalgia Trap, Vasu Agarwal ’28 explores our culture’s obsession with reviving the past — through reboots, fashion, music and more — and what it means for creativity today. Editor’s Note: This ...