Each year the nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture are announced and invariably each year people decry the exclusions. This list will do this very thing, for it’s easy to feel justified in saying that The Florida Project (2017) should have earned a nomination for Sunday’s ceremony. Sean Baker’s wonderful, enlightening drama is […]
Year: 2018
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The 10 Quirkiest Movies of The 21st Century
When one mentions weird movies, it conjures to mind the Burtonesque — who has not heard of his films like “Edward Scissorhands,” “Beetlejuice” and “Corpse Bride”? Gothic horror aside, weird covers a gamut of sub-genres – romance, science fiction, historical fiction — with examples being “The Lobster,” “The Fountain” and “Cloud Atlas.” Overall, weirdness creates […]
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The 20 Best Greek Movies of The 21st Century
Greek cinema has not always been what you would call a flourishing business. Unsupported in terms of state funding and obstructed by tribulations and prohibitions of the country’s recent political history and the economic crisis that made things financially even more challenging especially for new directors, Greek cinema has not been very popular among audiences […]
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10 Great 2017 Movies That Should Have Been Nominated For Best Picture
Every year at the Oscars we are able to debate our personal favorites. Also, we are able to debate some of the movies that ended up being left out of competition in one or more categories. With that in mind, this article approaches some 2017 films that could definitely have gotten a nomination for Best […]
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10 Movies To Put You In a Great Mood
One of the qualities that makes cinema such a beloved art form is its ability to provide pure escapism for the audience, transporting them into a glorious Technicolor world where problems and worries can be put aside for a couple of hours and you can walk away from the cinema in a happier state of […]
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Top 10 Movie Directors of 2017
The filmmaking process is chaotic, and the director acts as a guiding hand in this process. His or her vision should be clearly translated onto the screen, from pre-production to post-production. This list explores the best achievements in direction from last year; a varied list of directors from around the world and from disparate genres. […]