People don’t win Oscars by the amount of time they’re on screen but because of their performance. Movies are a sum of their parts that make up the whole, and sometimes an entire plot hinges on the actions of just a single character, no matter how small their part may be in the overall film. […]
Month: February 2017
Pulling Focus: Deep Red (1975)
“In my book, Argento and Hitchcock master the threat of architecture and urban landscape like none other.” – Guillermo del Toro There will be blood The 1975 nightmare from giallo progenitor Dario Argento, Deep Red (Profondo Rosso in Italian, also released as The Hatchet Murders) is a high water mark for horror as well […]
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10 Movies That Had The Biggest Influences On “La La Land”
Despite the idealism of Hollywood’s golden-age musical films, there’s always a remarkable level of depth or self-awareness involved. Perhaps the biggest shortcoming of Damien Chazelle’s 2016 musical film, La La Land, was in thinking it was breaking new ground with this. The following 10 films on this list have either been clearly acknowledged by Chazelle […]
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6 Reasons Why “Oldboy” is a Modern Masterpiece of South Korean Cinema
This second installment of Park Chan-wook’s “Vengeance Trilogy” is the film that turned global interest toward Korean cinema, one that’s a true masterpiece of South Korean cinema, and one that is still discussed for its unique aesthetics and elaborate technique. “Oldboy” screened at festivals all over the world winning tens of awards, with the Grand […]
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10 Totally Awesome 90s Horror Movies You Shouldn’t Miss
Horror reigned during the 1980’s, but during the 1990’s things grew a bit awkward. CGI was fully emerging, and many genre filmmakers leapt at the opportunity to utilize cutting-edge technology. Unfortunately we still had a long way to go as far as computer effects were concerned, and a great number of horror efforts from this […]
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21st Century Best Picture Oscar Winners Ranked From Worst To Best
We have reached the final instalment of this series, where every Academy Award winner for Best Picture is ranked within their respective decades. As we have not reached 2020 yet, all of the most recent winners will be combined with the previous decade. Why shouldn’t they be? We have witnessed a resurgence in the integrity […]