“In my wake I raise up monsters that are lying in wait; they are not yet too ill-disposed toward me, and I am not lost, since I fear them…” — André Breton, from the first “Manifesto of Surrealism.” As a term first coined by the poet Guillaume Apollinaire, surrealism electrified the imagination of a wide […]
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The 10 Most Sensual Movies of All Time
“The cinema substitutes for our gaze a world more in harmony with our desires.” ― André Bazin There is clearly a connection between sensuality and nature, so that cinema finds a vast palette with which to convey passion and desire. Sensuality is all about creating and building tension, and thrives on atmosphere, subtext, and evocative […]
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10 Essential Films From The Czech New Wave
The former Czechoslovakia marks one of the most exciting chapters in film history among the international crop of New Wave films. For a brief period in the 1960s, Czechoslovakia rode a progressive wave, as it sought to bring liberal reforms to the communist regime. Although the period was short-lived, with Soviet tanks and control snuffing […]