The 21st Century has been and continues to be an astounding and simply stunning time for cinema. There seems to be no end to the awe-inspiring visuals lighting up living rooms, bijous, drive-ins, and multiplexes the world over. Taste of Cinema’s tireless and exciting search for the most visually exquisite films of 21st Century has […]
Author: Shane Scott-Travis
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25 Great 1980s Cult Movies You May Have Missed
Surely the thriving home video market is partially responsible for the influx of cult films that saturated popular culture throughout the 1980s. As a sort of addendum to Taste of Cinema’s recent list detailing the finest cult fare of the 80s, the following list details more obscure films, of the sort you have to dig […]
Pulling Focus: Stand By Me (1986)
“You guys wanna see a dead body?” – Vern Tessio (played by Jerry O’Connell) When the night has come A contemplative and considerate rendering of susceptible youth as well as male identity, very little in Rob Reiner’s two previous films –– the hilarious and inspired mockumentary This is Spinal Tap (1984), and the silly […]
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The 25 Best Crime Movies of The 21st Century (So Far)
For fans of the crime genre, the 21st century has thus far been an exciting, variable, and enjoyably unpredictable era. Certain prolific filmmakers, like Martin Scorsese, has continued to make some of the best gangster films around, making good on the potential he promised in the 90s with masterpieces like Goodfellas (1990), and Casino (1995), […]
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All 19 William Friedkin Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
Born in Chicago, Illinois, William Friedkin is an esteemed American film director, producer and screenwriter who’s perhaps best known for directing 1971’s The French Connection (which received five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director) and influental 1973 horror film The Exorcist. In a career that has expanded across six decades, Friedkin may not […]
Pulling Focus: Bone Tomahawk (2015)
“A tense, absorbing pursuit Western that turns into a Grand Guignol gorefest, Bone Tomahawk is what you might get if you crossbred The Searchers with The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, or maybe Cannibal Holocaust… There’s an elegance to Bone Tomahawk that doesn’t let up even when it veers into cult-movie territory.” – Bilge Ebiri, New […]