There is no doubt that comic book movies, and superhero comic book movies in particular, are reigning supreme in Hollywood right now. It’s almost hard to imagine that there was a time when these types of films were uncommon and successful comic book movies were virtually non-existent. Before the millennium, the two exceptions were were […]
Year: 2014
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Filmmaker Retrospective: The Poetic Cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky
“It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all. We should long ago have become angels had we been capable of paying attention to the experience of art, and allowing ourselves to be changed in accordance with the ideals it expresses. Art only has […]
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The 20 Best British Films of The 2000s
As the new millennium dawned, British Cinema was still benefitting from the ‘cool Britannia’ mood perpetuated by the various Curtis-like romantic comedies popularised in the latter half of the previous decade. The plus side of this was that there was now an eager audience made once again appreciative of British film production both past and […]
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The 15 Best Horror Movie Remakes of All Time
Through the history of mankind, people have been fascinated by the macabre. It gives us an unease feeling of knowing danger might be around the corner, it is almost a guilty pleasure, horror films feed on our primal fears. There are great horror films through history, but what happens when they are remade? Most of the time we […]
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20 Great Films About Loneliness That Are Worth Your Time
The following titles are all great films that contain recurring themes of loneliness or isolation. Many films explore these motifs through various means, such as a detachment from society, battling their own psychological demons or quite simply, being stranded in a place far, far away. In several of these films, we will observe how the […]
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Classic Retrospective: The 10 Films of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s “The Decalogue”
Krzysztof Kieslowski had his most ambitious cinematic idea in 1988. And in December 1989 it became reality. An epic ten-hour production, resulting in ten films about the Ten Commandments. He called it “The Decalogue”. On paper it looked unlikely that The Decalogue would reach even the most modest audience. Faced with distribution problems from day […]