With 22 films currently in his career, and having won awards in Cannes, Berlin, Venice and many others, Kim Ki-duk is one of the most distinguishable South Korean filmmakers in the world, despite the extremity of his films, which have regularly caused him trouble. Since his first complete work in 1995, titled “Crocodile”, he has […]
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The 10 Best Scenes in Sofia Coppola Films
“That’s the way I work: I try to imagine what I would like to see.” “I’m used to people not expecting much from me.” – Sofia Coppola, from The New York Times, August 31, 2013 “Don’t let Sofia’s littleness and quietness confuse you. Sofia is made of steel. She’s tough, but she doesn’t pretend to […]
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Being Charlie Kaufman: 5 Philosophical Cases of the Logic of the Absurd in His Surreal Cinema
“You know the story of the crazy man who was fishing in his bathtub. A doctor with ideas as to psychiatric treatments asked him ‘if they were biting,’ to which he received the harsh reply: ‘Of course not, you fool, since this is a bathtub’…In [this story] it can be grasped quite clearly to what […]
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15 Great Animated Movies Every Adult Should See
Since the release of Toy Story in 1995 by Pixar/Walt Disney Studios, the market has been flooded with Computer Generated (CG) films. There have been many wonderful movies using this style and of course, many horrible ones as well. Traditional cell and stop-motion animation have taken a back-seat to the new format, which is […]
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The 15 Best Harvey Keitel Movies You Need To Watch
Regarded by many as one of the greatest method actors ever, Harvey Keitel worked in theater for more than a decade before he made his film debut in 1967. Coincidentally, it was a feature film debut for Martin Scorsese as well, and they teamed up for the first time in the drama “Who’s That Knocking […]
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15 Visually Stunning Films That Deserve To Be Seen by Everyone
What are we looking for when we watch films? Stories? Characters? Scores? Above all, the moving image is the fundamental element that distinguishes cinema from other art forms. You don’t have to be a film expert to appreciate a beautiful film, but you have to learn every aspect of film cinematography, the framing, the lighting, the […]