Cinema could be grouped into two very general categories – art cinema and mainstream cinema. Of course, there are many films that don’t really fit into either one of those groupings, as well as movies that could be considered both mainstream and art house. However, art films do generally tend to be weirder and more […]
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The 15 Best Satirical Movies of All Time
Criticism has always played a central role in humanity’s evolution; even when we haven’t sought it out, it’s always been there. Social criticism is the basis of satire, and irony is often the main weapon used to attack certain norms that have become instilled in our daily realities. Perhaps satire, as a film genre, has […]
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20 Horror Movies That Are Unintentionally Hilarious
Films that deal with the supernatural can be categorized under two broad heads. The first are the horror movies that are ‘good’ in the conventional sense. You will be reluctant to watch them in the dark, and would prefer having someone else in the room while watching these flicks. The other is the ‘so bad […]
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The 15 Best South Korean Crime Movies You Shouldn’t Miss
When it comes to bleak stylish thrillers and crime films, it’s hard to beat the South Koreans nowadays and all the movies listed below are fine examples of that statement. Whereas the South Korean film industry had been heavily state-regulated until the late eighties, the first fully non-government funded film, Marriage Story, appeared in 1992. […]
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10 Essential David Cronenberg Films You Need To Watch
When it comes to the films of David Cronenberg, average movie-goers and critics alike either love him or hate him. There are tons of critics and censors out there that have dismissed Cronenberg’s films as “gross-out” cinema, purely created for shock value. Film critic, Roger Ebert, once referred to one of Cronenberg’s films as “reprehensible […]
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15 Masterpieces of Alfred Hitchcock Every Film Fan Should See
During his lifetime, Alfred Hitchcock was thought of as a master showman who kept his audiences entertained with suspenseful movies and quirky TV shows. Since his death in 1980, Hitchcock’s legacy has been reappraised by both scholars and the general public, and he is now thought of as one of the most significant – if […]