Disability on film is fraught with danger for filmmakers. From the portrayal of the victimized, invalided “cripple” or a romanticised and heroic cliché of triumph above adversity, both pictures painted can often be exploitative and alienating; especially to the people with disabilities whose lives filmmakers are attempting to convey, hopefully with a degree of sincerity. […]
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15 Great Movies With A Lolita Complex
The term ‘Lolita’ refers to an under aged, seductive girl, who often becomes the sexual obsession of a much older man. Originating from the character in the popular Vladimir Nabokov novel of the same name, multiple films have taken on some kind of variation of her and Humbert Humbert’s relationship. With the upcoming film “Diary […]
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The 12 Best Movies Based On News Articles
Cinema’s love affair with news is a long and storied one. The association between the two goes back to the early 20th century, when newsreels would often air before the main feature in a cinema, as television had not yet supplanted its necessity. In fiction, newspapers and news articles have been used repeatedly, as images […]
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15 Essential Films For An Introduction To New German Cinema
The sixties are rightfully remembered as a period of global instability. The youth took to the streets from Selma to Paris and it seemed the status quo was crumbling around them. In West Germany a vibrant and radical student movement took up many of the same causes as their international comrades, protesting against the Vietnam […]
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The 25 Best Movies About Political Rebels
“Man is a political animal.” – Aristotle We don’t have to bother to go as far as Aristotle to realize that. Or do we? What is to be political? What is to be a political rebel? The films selected to illustrate this list should answer these questions, which goes beyond the mere act of watching […]
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25 Weird Horror Movies That Are Totally Worth Watching
Ever since its earliest incarnations in the form of myths and legends, the horror story has always leaned towards the bizarre and fantastical. Strangeness is in its blood. In fact, aside from the obvious penchant for terror, death and the macabre, an obsession with all things weird is the genre’s most recognisable quality. Tales of […]