In the beginning of the 21st century, Greece was blooming. The economy was in a new era and Greece joined the European Union. In 2004, the Olympic Games were successfully held in Athens and the national football team of Greece won the Euro Cup. However, in 2008, everything changed. The financial crisis roughly hit the […]
Year: 2015
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The 12 Best Contemporary Japanese Family Dramas
Since the 1950s, with internationally acclaimed films like Akira Kurosawa’s “To Live”, Yasujiro Ozu’s “Tokyo Story” and Kenji Mizoguchi’s “Tales of Ugetsu”, Japanese filmmakers have been excelling in the family drama genre, one that still produces most of the country’s masterpieces. Although there have been some changes, the essential parts of the category are still […]
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The 30 Most Underappreciated Movies of The New Hollywood Era
After World War II ended, the tumultuous world created in its wake gave birth to new film movements which showcased new cinematic techniques and more realistic themes and characters. These movements featured such monikers as the Neorealist movement (Italy), the New Wave (France) and the Prague Spring (Czech). It’s not that surprising that among the […]
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The 25 Best Monster Movies of All Time
They haunt nightmares, go bump in the night and always unnerve us with their sheer dissimilarity to what we consider normal, monster movies have held a unique place within the cinematic landscape, and not just within the horror, as the genre has proved to be surprisingly versatile as it can reach into the realm of […]
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10 Filmmaking Lessons You Can Learn from Antonioni’s Cinema
Not only in his time but in present day, Michelangelo Antonioni’s style of narration is considered unique and inimitable. There is something about his films that make all the different narrative spaces of his stories recognizable, regardless the language the characters are speaking or the landscapes they are roaming. Whoever the actor, whether it’s Jack […]
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The 10 Best Takeshi Kitano Movies
One of the foremost prolific artists and individuals in his field, Takeshi Kitano has established himself as a global star and one of the most celebrated persons in his native Japan, He is a director, actor, film editor, screenwriter, show host, presenter, author, poet, painter, video game designer, entrepreneur and professor of visual arts. He’s […]