Surrealism and film have been together since the beginning of the surrealist movement in the early 1920’s. The first time the word surrealist appeared was in 1903 in the play “Les Mamelles de Tirésias” by Guillaume Apollinaire; Surrealism developed out of the Dada activities during WWI centering itself in Paris. Surrealism is based on the […]
Month: October 2014
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The 15 Best Classic Horror Films From Universal Studio
The uncanny and the macabre were themes that cinema embraced from the outset. The cinematograph, after all was invented during the time of the Victorian Gothic renaissance, the popular bloody excesses of The Grand Guignol Theatre Company and Jack The Ripper. Germany was home to the first masters of horror cinema. Robert Weine’s 1919 Das […]
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The 25 Most Visually Stunning Movies From 2011 To 2014
When someone mentions “visually stunning films”, it’s easy to associate this with films that lack real content, and instead are based mainly on images without portraying anything truly significant. The fact that these films are so relevant visually doesn’t mean that they don’t still tell a great story. In fact, most of the films here […]
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30 Great Films of 1999 That Are Worth Your Time
It must have been all that pre-millennial tension. For one reason or another, 1999 truly brought out the best in cinema and film makers across the world. It saw great films from material that you would least expect, solid filmmakers step up to become excellent ones and some of the greatest films of the Nineties […]
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10 Essential Orson Welles Films You Need To Watch
Orson Welles was a polarizing figure in his lifetime, and was groundbreaking in three forms of media: the radio (his infamous War of the Worlds broadcast), theater (he was involved in the New Deal funded Federal Theatre project, and founded the Mercury Theatre) and film. Though some think his film career was largely an unfulfilled […]
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25 Modern Horror Films That Are Genuinely Nightmarish
Just as one person’s trash is another’s treasure, one person’s nightmare is another’s pantomime. This is what makes cinema so richly rewarding and ultimately fascinating. It is an extraordinary art form that gives as equally as it takes, and the horror genre is no exception. In fact, the horror genre is arguably the most complex […]