Tall, striking and well-mannered, Denzel Washington seems to have been around Hollywood forever, popping up as a lead in a blockbuster every few years. Since the mid 80s he has risen to prominence in Hollywood, and is constantly cast in leading roles. He is almost 60 (in December), but still looks very much the same […]
Year: 2014
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The 10 Best Music Videos Directed By Famous Modern Filmmakers
Music video directing is the vehicle that many of our current generation of filmmakers rode before attaining their status as accomplished film directors. 80’s MTV glamorized music videos in what became a sort of renaissance for those interested in creating artistic videos in a short, musical form. Its influence can’t be measured in the manner […]
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10 Highly Offensive Films That Are Actually Brilliant
Films can be considered offensive or obscene for a variety of reasons, whether it be extreme violence, or controversial subject matter, and while most films in this vein are exploitative, a select few are evocative. Obscenity is merely a way of communicating to the audience, much like sight gags or witty dialogue, and the films […]
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Filmmaker Retrospective: The Fantastic Cinema of Guillermo Del Toro
From the dawn of mankind, human beings have used art, myth, and nightmare to challenge fears and to express them. This is the world of myth, fantasy, and horror that Mexican filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro works from. Del Toro takes the monsters that haunt our psyches and makes them terrifying and misunderstood. The monster is […]
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20 Best Kung Fu Movies That Are Worth Your Time
For decades, serious film snobs looked down on kung fu movies as cultural trash, a kind of mindless detritus imported from the Pacific Rim to clutter grindhouse movie theaters and fill out the programming line-up on late night TV. This was an odd position to take—if ever there was a genre that embodied the highest […]
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Filmmaker Retrospective: The Bizarre Cinema of Terry Gilliam
In the early 1980s, German filmmaker Werner Herzog shot a film named ‘Fitzcarraldo’ in the jungles of South America, battling against forces of nature as formidable as hostile tribes, and an egomaniacal actor. In that film a 340 ton steamship is moved up and over a hill without the aid of special effects. This ostensibly […]