Sometimes if you’re a cinephile and you fall in love with a particular film, you might end up watching the same film past the point of enjoyment. You could run the risk of potentially ruining the film for yourself. Luckily, if a film is really good its influence can be felt on other films. You […]
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All 22 Ryan Gosling Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
When people talk about “the death of cinema,” one of the key things they usually attribute it to is the idea that the movie star as we used to know it is now meaningless. With the advent of social media, the decline of people watching talk shows live on TV, and movie stars feeling too […]
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The 10 Most Notorious Box Office Bombs of All Time
If you’re a cinemaphile, you may find yourself oddly intrigued by the world of box office numbers. When a film does really well it seems like news outlets love to report how much money it is earning. As a result, the film goes on to do even better than it would have without all of […]
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The 10 Darkest Movies of The 21st Century
As times change and society strives to become more politically correct, what does that mean for film? As this list will illustrate: there is still a place in cinema for daring work. The following movies were all released in the 21st century, which is even more commendable when we consider how difficult it can be […]
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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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The 10 Best Movies About Self-Destruction
Self-destruction as a theme in film can be presented in different ways. The three main ways filmmakers explore self-destruction seem to be: mental health, suicide, and addiction. These three concepts are not groundbreaking; they share similarities, but the way a film portrays them can be wildly different. Here are 10 great films that depict self-destruction. […]