Intro to Film classes aside, the European Art movies of the 1960s and 70s can seem like an aloof, inaccessible area of film history to explore. That much may be true—these movies are not for the feint of heart, embracing deeply existential, spiritual, political themes that completely changed the way movies were made. Existential dread […]
Year: 2015
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15 Outstanding Films from VIFF 2015: The Best of the Fest
Now that the 34th annual Vancouver International Film Festival (which ran from September 24th to October 9th, 2015) has drawn to a close, Taste of Cinema offers up our choice favorites from what was a prodigious and impressive festival. While there were many excellent and outstanding non-fiction films – Su Rynard’s The Messenger, Mia Shum’s […]
Anomalisa – VIFF 2015 Review
Anomalisa is that rare film that mingles high ambition with near errorless achievement. Few directors, in this case two, Duke Johnson, and Charlie Kaufman (Synecdoche, New York), would have undertaken such a risky project, one hinging on a nominal sketch, basically, and complete it with such a stunning success. The most initially striking thing about […]
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20 Lesser-Known Horror Movies Ideal For Halloween
So you’re looking for a horror film to watch this October 31st, and you’ve already seen Halloween, Friday The 13th and every other film with a date in the title. You even sat through Halloween: Resurrection, and were stunned when Busta Rhymes kicked down a door with the zinger, “Trick or treat, motherf**ker!” In terms […]
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10 Forgotten Thrillers from The 1980s Worth Your Time
As the 1970s drew to a close, Hollywood was changing yet again. When such simple, high concept films as Jaws, Star Wars and Alien began raking-in astronomical amounts of money at the box-office, the blockbuster mentality took over (and still rules today). With some notable exceptions, genres such as westerns, musicals and historical epics gave […]
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20 Great Movie Scenes Made Perfect by Its Music
“Ah, music,” he said, wiping his eyes. “A magic beyond all we do here!” -J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone “Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can’t.” – Johnny Depp “I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.” -Tom Waits It is undeniable the impact music has made in film since the […]