The Romantic Western figure is a staple of American folklore and has extended its reach in poetry, music, literature, and most especially film. Tales of cold-hearted bandits and moral law enforcers, corrupt sheriffs and mistaken outlaws set against the backdrop of the undeveloped and expansive Old West that held promises of fortune and enterprise. In […]
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The 25 Greatest Movie Performances in The Films of Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock is purported to have famously said: “Actors are cattle.” Hitchcock claimed to have been misquoted, saying only that he said that ‘Actors should be treated like cattle!’ It was something of a subtle difference, but irregardless, Hitchcock’s films contain many wonderful and varied acting performances throughout his fifty plus year career. Although he […]
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The 20 Darkest European Films of The 21st Century
Economically at least, Europe has been going through something of a dark period lately. It is arguable whether this economic gloom has caused European cinema in turn to produce increasingly bleak and hopeless films. Throughout its long history, European cinema has never shied away from despair. The German Expressionists used every technique at their disposal […]
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The 10 Best Horror Movie Sequels of All Time
So naming the 10 best horror sequels shouldn’t in theory have been such a hard task. Given that there are over 5,000 mainstream horror movies at our disposal and sifting through my 1,000 plus horror movies I thought this would be a fairly straightforward assignment. I was wrong. What I did learn was that even […]
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15 Forgotten Movie Masterpieces of The 1980s
Do you not know that King Kong the first was just three foot six inches tall? He only came up to Faye Wray’s belly button! If god could do the tricks that we can do, he’d be a happy man! Eli Cross, film director — The Stunt Man (1980) Historically, every decade has a feeling […]
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The 15 Best Movies Influenced by Bertolt Brecht’s Theater Techniques
Since the beginning of cinema, the theater has been a major influence on the medium. Cinematic staging is largely based on precepts from the theater. Though cinema developed its own language, a lot of traces of theater are still present. To point out the obvious, most acting techniques come directly from theater. Perhaps in Hollywood […]