15 Great Filmmakers Whose Films Demand Your Patience

greatest ingmar bergman films

There is group of directors that defy the labeling of genres. Their films are often meditative, observational, minimalistic, and favors the mood or the atmosphere of the story. Most uninitiated filmgoers label them as boring, but the importance of their subjects and their socio-economic or psychological themes elevate them from most filmmakers of yesterday and […]

15 Great British Prison Films That Are Worth Your Time

Bobby Sands in Hunger

Any mention of the Prison film, and minds and mouths both immediately wander toward The Shawshank Redemption. The Green Mile is also often mentioned, and even Silence of the Lambs gets a frequent nod. And whilst all obviously remarkable movies, a common trait amongst them remains their American production. Hollywood’s manufacture rate of the prison […]

15 Essential Martin Scorsese Films You Need To Watch

Taxi Driver

Martin Scorsese has produced more cinematographic masterpieces than any of his contemporaries or indeed than any director alive today and is the most consistent director to come out of the ’New Hollywood Cinema’ trend which dominated the 1970’s and was the last ’Golden Age’ of American cinema. The range of his output is unmatched and […]