As the new film “Hitchcock” premiered in the US, a second wave of Hitchcock heat(the first wave ocuured after the Sight&Sound poll. When his Vertigo beat Citizen Kane to the top) began to hit the media. With all the buzz going on,Taste of Cinema is following the trend to present some of the most kick-ass […]
Author: David Zou
Life of Pi Reviews
Life of Pi is fantastic,I can call it Ang Lee’s most beautiful film and definitely one of the most gorgeous films in the last decade,it is also one of the best films I’ve ever watched about religion and faith.Let’s break down this film to pieces to see how good it is. The Story Lee […]
Night Train to Munich (1940)
Night Train to Munich,directed by one of the greatest British filmmaker ever – Carol Reed(The Third Man,Odd Man Out),is an underrated spy thriller that would give you a joyful ride. The Sequel to The Lady Vanishes If you have never heard of the title,you may have heard of The Lady Vanishes,a British classic spy film […]
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10 Underrated Ennio Morricone Scores You May Not Know
Last Saturday was Ennio Morricone‘s birthday,I wrote this post to pay tribute to one of the most versatile and prolific film composers of all time. Ennio Morricone is mostly associated with famous Italian directors like Sergio Leone and Giuseppe Tornatore,when you talk about their most successful films like The Good,The Bad and The Ugly,Once Upon […]
French New Wave in Criterion Collection
“The French New Wave has influenced all filmmakers who have worked since, whether they saw the films or not. It submerged cinema like a tidal wave” -Martin Scorsese Before writing this,I know this is gonna be the most challenging list I ever need to compose.The number of great directors and films related to French New […]
10 Essential French Directors in Criterion Collection
The French film industry in the late 19th century and early 20th century was among the world’s most important,but Criterion skipped its first golden era and the earliest French film in the collection is Under the Roofs of Paris directed by René Clair in 1930,since then Criterion nearly included all the important French directors till […]