With so many good movies to analyze and take inspiration from, it is hard to take the time and sit down to watch a bad movie. But given that we live in a culture where it is wise to stay away from these abominations on celluloid, we are missing out on using these films as […]
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10 Great Animated Movies That Introduced Anime To The West
Anime has a major place today among popular films and TV series, but much of its popularity in the West has mostly grown in the last few decades. Commercial animation in Japan began in the early 20th century, and began to take on a characteristic anime style by the 1960s with series like Osamu Tezuka’s […]
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The 20 Greatest Horror Movie Directors in Cinema History
The first horror film is said to have come out in the late 1890’s. Directed by Georges Méliès, it was titled Le Manoir du Diable and was only two minutes long. From there, a whole culture was born. The horror genre is so notable because of how much creativity and fun go into it. It […]
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25 Great Films That Won The Golden Bear At The Berlin Film Festival
The Berlin Film Festival, one of the most important film festivals in Europe and in the world, has taken every February since 1951. Along with the Cannes and Venice Film Festivals, they form the triad of the most prestigious film festivals in the world. Berlinale, as the event is also known, was created as an […]
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10 Groundbreaking Movies That Redefined Their Genres
Certain movies just change the shape of their landscape, their success and accomplishments live on to such an extent that every other name in the business tries to emulate or pay homage to what they achieved in one way or another. When these films came along they reinvented their genre and forever altered the way […]
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The 16 Best Movies About Social Hierarchy
The entire history of humanity has revolved around hierarchical structures. Some were organised and austere, such as feudalism in medieval Europe, which involved a clear distinction between nobility and peasantry. Others, however, were lax and anarchic, such as the system of communes and slaves in ancient Rome, which required cooperation from all parties; in the […]