Oscar Wilde and the Aesthetic Movement were of the opinion that the essentiality of art is concentrated on the indulgence of the senses through the absolute conquest of beauty. Although cinema is probably the most multifarious kind of art, the visual elements of a motion picture are of great significance and cinematography captures as the […]
Year: 2018
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10 Long Movies That Are Too Boring To Finish
Alfred Hitchcock once said: “The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder”. As such the theatrical cut of his longest film, North by Northwest clocks in at two hours and sixteen minutes, while most of the rest of his films fall around the two hour and under […]
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The 10 Most Epic Romantic Movies of All Time
The following list is one not just for cineastes, but for those who delight in being swept up in a large-scale whirlwind of melodrama, star-crossed lovers, inescapable contretemps, all amidst swirling backdrops that sow the seeds of legend, and often span years of fleeting affection and aching regret. Tallying only 10 epic romances of course […]
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The 10 Greatest Years In Cinema History
Starting in the late 19th century, film has been one of the most captivating types of media in the world. What began as a few experiments among a select number of people has grown into an international business and phenomenon. Each year, thousands of films are produced and released worldwide. In turn, these films are […]
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10 Movie Directors Who Made More Than 5 Masterpieces
When the writers (and future film makers) of the influential French film journal Cahiers du Cinema formulated what became known as “the auteur theory” in the late 1950s and early 60s, it caused a lot of controversy in cinematic circles. Simply put, it stated that the director was the prime mover, the “author” of the […]
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The 10 Best Travel Movies of All Time
All cinema is a journey, when the viewer travels into a world separate from their own. We want to be transposed, transformed, changed. Some films are more literal in this form and travel films have been popular for many decades. The opportunity to travel with characters we care about on their travels is welcomed and […]