Mumblecore as a genre is not particularly difficult to define. Primarily you have a small, intimate cast of characters, low budget production, in a film that relies heavily on dialogue to tell the story without the use of gimmicky plot devices or a great deal of action. Typically, the casts are not professional actors or […]
Month: August 2015
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The 15 Greatest Movie Performances of Modern Actors Playing Against Type
There are numerous reasons to go to the movies, but one of the most substantial is to see our favorite stars in the next big film that comes out. But it’s true that even stars can get typecast or stuck in a certain niche. That’s what makes it so rewarding when an actor plays against […]
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10 Great Heavy Metal Movies That Are Worth Your Time
Heavy metal music has always been either wholeheartedly embraced, its musicians revered as demigods by legions who worship them, or simply written off as nonsensical noise punctuated by screaming. Aside from rap, no other genre in music history is more adored and reviled in equal measures. Even during the 1980s (metal’s heyday as the most […]
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10 Great Romanian Films of The Transition Era
Romania has always been an interesting country for cinema. In present time, every cinephile knows about the Romanian New Wave of Cinema (a film movement that started in 2001). Every year these films are not only present and every major film festival in Europe but they are always held in high regard and given all […]
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12 Non-Horror Films Where The Characters Get Lost In An Ambient
Getting lost in an ambient doesn’t mean merely not being able to orient and find the path; the films included in this list are stories of the characters being dominated during the narration by a narrative ambient. For the same reason, you’ll find Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis) on the same list with Gerry (Gus Van […]
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The 10 Greatest Uses of Music in a Stanley Kubrick Film
I have seen thousands of films and I can honestly say, compared to his peers and most contemporaries, no one used music like Stanley Kubrick. Very unique for this era, Kubrick preferred the use of musical extracts that were often “contrapuntal” – music segments that are contradictory to the emotional or visual value of a […]