A quick glance at IMDb’s Top 250 page, or even at nominally more serious attempts to supposedly list the “greatest films ever,” shows that few people, their claims of be-ing “cinephiles” notwithstanding, take cinema seriously as an art form. The petit bourgeois journalist-cum-“critic” views cinema the same way he (it is usually a he) views […]
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10 Movies That Would Be Better If They Were Shorter
One of the greatest irritations as a film audience is the feeling that your time is being wasted while watching a film that is full of potential. As cinema has come into the twenty-first century, the average length of films has increased, certain genres have formulas nailed down to the point that the narrative can […]
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The 10 Best Michelle Williams Movie Performances
Since her breakout role in the teen drama series Dawson’s Creek (1998-2003) Michelle Williams has impressed with an array of memorable performances. She has been nominated for four Academy Awards for her performances in Brokeback Mountain (2005), Blue Valentine (2010), My Week with Marilyn (2011) and Manchester by the Sea (2016) and she won the […]
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The 10 Boldest Movies About Sexuality
The comedian Doug Stanhope has an excellent bit about sex scenes in film on his album, “Burning the Bridge to Nowhere.” He tells a brief story about watching a movie covering Genghis Khan’s life and enjoying it, only to be completely blindsided by an unnecessary sex scene. He asks why there’s a sex scene in […]
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10 Great 2017 Movies Most People Didn’t See
The world of film is so vast it’s impossible to watch everything that is good, everything we wish to, or everything we even hear of. That’s why lists like this one are useful – they provide you with good tips of films that might have flew under your radar, or that you even thought you […]
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The 15 Most Profound Movies Ever Made
What makes a film profound? One could say that it’s how the film goes deep into an unexplored aspect of human existence. As film is a medium with a unique language, a profound film is one which uses the film language to express an untold truth about human existence. Here is a list of 15 […]