Since its early years, cinema has been in a constant search for its identity. Constant definition on what and what is no cinema has shaped it history made of film movements and isolated authors who in a moment or another have wanted to push the expressive boundaries of this language. Here is a list of […]
Author: German Torres Ascencio
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14 Great Movies That Will Make You Cry Hard
When talking about the singularity of cinema and its power, Ingmar Bergman once said, “Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls.” He understood that cinema has the power to mesmerize the […]
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10 Movie Directors Who Make The Most Original Films
In cinema, there are conventions and techniques that help filmmakers create experiences for the viewers. These conventions appear in most films and are safe ways to create films. But there are times in which some directors develop a style of their own that lets them create films that are highly unique. Their cinema becomes a […]
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10 Great Movies That Are Meditations On Life
Film is a unique art form that is able to reveal what lies beyond what is seen in ordinary life. It is able to convey unique perspectives on life and rather than give answers, it makes the viewer ask questions. Sometimes films focus on bright side of life, others on the fatality of it, and […]
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The 10 Most Ambitious Movies Ever Made
To create and end a feature film is an ambition in itself. Crafting a fictional reality involves a constant struggle against reality, which constantly imposes into the will of the film crew. With this in mind, there are certain films that are though separately from the other because of the size of their ambition. These […]
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The 10 Best Arthouse Directors of All Time
There are many kinds of films; some of them are crafted with big audiences in mind and thus created in common codes and conventions. But there also some films that have more artistic ambitions, rather than commercial ones. These films are done in very different schemes than the commercial ones, most of the time by […]