Before a shot of a film is seen, before a frame of it is shot, before a word of its script is read, people look to its title to gauge what kind of affair they’re in for; be it a tone setter, a plot starter, a character’s name, or a thematic set up, the name […]
Author: Mark Tonkin
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12 Movies That Are Perfect To Watch at Midnight
Great films to watch at Midnight: this is different from the popular term given to b-list cult films, ‘Midnight-Movies’, like The Room, Eraser Head, and Pink Flamingos. This is for the films that thrive on the romanticised, abstract, vibe that Midnight reverberates; that time when it’s not quite today but it’s not quite tomorrow, when […]
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The 10 Best Lines in Richard Linklater Movies
Oh Richard Linklater, the cool uncle of filmmakers who’ll sneak you a joint and talk to you about life. An auteur who should be uttered in the same breath as Wes Anderson, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and Paul Thomas Anderson, but isn’t…admittedly it would be a long breath. Having gotten his start in the late 80s/90s […]
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The 10 Best Performances within the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Twelve films in and with the thirteenth hit the theaters recently, there’s no better a time to look back at one of the most impressive feats in modern cinema, aka the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and talk about the best of the best performances that have kept this ambitious interwoven world together. 10. Samuel L. […]
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The 10 Best Scenes in The Movies of David Fincher
David Fincher’s career is a classic film maker’s tale of working his way up from the bottom. Starting as a production assistant for Korty films, he steadily moved up the ranks there before being picked up by Industrial Light & Magic as a cameraman and matte photographer where he worked on productions for Return of […]