For almost a century now, the Oscar for Best Motion Picture has been widely regarded as one of the most popular and prestigious awards in world cinema. And yet, not a year goes by that the nominations for the category announced ahead of the annual Academy Awards ceremony manage to please everyone. Just like clockwork, […]
Though we might think we are not that far into the 21st century, we are in fact nearly a quarter way through it already. Naturally, of course, that means that there are already 20 plus years of cinema to investigate from the new millennium alone, a time span which contains numerous masterpieces, more than a […]
The sheer volume of movies currently available across the streaming landscape can make finding hidden gems that are actually worth your time a difficult endeavor, especially if you have already watched all the capital-M Masterpieces that routinely pop up on decade-end roundup lists. To help, we’re digging a little deeper to focus on the kind […]
Though we all know America wasn’t the only country putting out solid cinema through the the 1970s, one cannot deny that Hollywood was going through a new golden period. Independent features and major studio films alike were garnering critical acclaim while also getting bums on to cinema seats, in what was arguably the richest and […]
The ’60s was an incredible decade for the Westerns. It was an exciting time for the genre as Sergio Leone and John Ford kept delivering their masterpieces, and films like Sam Peckinpah’s “The Wild Bunch’ were a game changer for everyone. It’s all too obvious since there were so many great films, some ended up […]
Gone are the days when the Western genre once compromised 30% of Hollywood’s output. Back then, in the postwar period until the late 1950s, every actor and their mums surely made at least one cowboy picture. As for now? Audiences are lucky if they get one a year. What is curious though is that because […]