Human society evolves rapidly day after day. There have been many glorious achievements for humanity in the quest for evolvement and self-discovery. Sadly, there are far too many atrocities in human history as well. From the smaller and publicly unknown crimes committed inside a family home to World War-level atrocities, humans have proved time and […]
Year: 2018
The Green Fog – Berlinale 2018 Review
The films of Guy Maddin are a dream for cinephiles. Filtering his unique vision through a wealth of cinematic history, his movies are filled with endless references and allusions to other films. This style has now found an end-point in the fascinating The Green Fog, which remakes Vertigo via tens of different movies and TV […]
Utøya 22 July – Berlinale 2018 Review
On paper, turning the terrorist attack that killed 77 people on the Norwegian island of Utøya on July 22nd, 2011 into a feature film seems like a very risky idea. How do you respectfully honour those members of the Labour Youth League who were brutally murdered in order to satisfy a twisted political agenda? These […]
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10 Long Movies We Can’t Get Enough Of
Length in filmmaking doesn’t always necessarily translate to quality. Some filmmakers can overindulge their ideas and end up creating sprawling messes; the narrative of other films can meander too much and lose the interest of its audience. While an average feature film length will hover around the 90-120-minute mark, what’s most important is what time […]
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The 10 Most Difficult Movies To Understand
Sometimes films are so challenging and mysterious that they haunt us for weeks, sometimes months, and in some refined times they haunt us forever. These films have some elements that puzzled us and that we never really understand. Much of the time, filmmakers craft these film in order to create this sensation of mystery that […]
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15 Movies From 2000 That Deserved Better At The Box Office
Every year many great movies suffer at the box office while others of very questionable quality take in hundreds of millions in ticket sales. The year 2000 was no exception to this trend and the fifteen movies listed below deserved a much better box office fate. To put it in perspective, Scream 3 (Rotten Tomatoes […]