Even though representing the act of having sex might have been seen as sacrilege for the early cineastes, the 60’s cultural revolution that swept the entire planet drastically changed the views and attitudes toward sexuality. What was done in the bedroom or in dark corners could be shown, studied, explored and used as means to […]
Each year the nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture are announced and invariably each year people decry the exclusions. This list will do this very thing, for it’s easy to feel justified in saying that The Florida Project (2017) should have earned a nomination for Sunday’s ceremony. Sean Baker’s wonderful, enlightening drama is […]
Looking at the list of winners for best director, one can see that the many different juries of Cannes did a great job time and time again. A large number of names here are considered to be best in the craft. Here are the 25 selected to best represent the award. 25. So Close […]
When talking about romantic films, which one comes to mind first? Through cinema history, many amazing love stories were told. And as a tribute to one of the most beloved genres in film, here is a selection of amazing romantic movies. Whether they’re beautiful or tragic, or regardless of whether the characters end up together, […]
That classic case of ’style over substance’ has been a criticism thrown at films since the inception of the medium, although it really became a prominent occurrence since the rise of the ‘MTV generation’ in the 80s as music video and commercial directors got snatched up solely for their impressive visual aesthetic and not much […]
There’s a long tradition of exciting fantasy cinema and the following list looks to nail down the very best of the genre. While it’s fair to say that a list of this nature is bound to reveal some of the writer’s biases (I grew up in the 1980s and I’ll be the first to tell […]