It’s never possible to satisfy everyone with awards or film listings, because tastes are always different, but you at least hope that some of your favorite films are in contention to get at least a little bit of recognition. Unfortunately, more often than not they come up short. This year was the same. To be […]
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10 Beautiful Movies You’ve Probably Never Seen
What makes a movie beautiful? Some films gain recognition for the inherent beauty in their subject matter, such as sprawling landscapes or majestic movements of wildlife, while other films make aesthetic use of more unsightly subject matter by transforming things like death and decay into art using cinematic technique. Though an undeniably subjective metric by […]
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10 Great Movie Sequels You’ve Probably Never Seen
Some movies are meant to be told in chapters. The proliferation of Marvel films has led the film industry to operate like comic books. Viewers are given grand narratives that play out through trilogies, sagas, and even entire fictional shared universes. However, sometimes, a self-contained film is given the chance to continue telling its story […]
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10 Films That Majorly Inspired Arctic Monkeys’ Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino
Making a strong case for being the most cine-literate mainstream record in recent memory, the last album by ever evolving British rock outfit Arctic Monkeys, Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino, a sometime concept piece revolving around a mid century style hotel on the Moon, is a truly inspired vision that brilliantly infuses cinematic influences with […]
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10 Great Comedy Movies Recommended By Edgar Wright
With theaters still closed in many places, that incredible Empire issue highlighting the cinema-going experiences of some of Hollywood’s best is still fresh on our minds. Recently a list of horror films recommended by Edgar Wright was posted in honor of it, but naturally we couldn’t stop there. On Wright’s list of 1,000 favorites alone, […]
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10 Great Movies That Subvert Color Theory
In film, rules are meant to be broken. Color theory is one of the most well-known guides in all of cinema. The general premise that certain colors matched with a specific brightness, saturation, and value will elicit certain emotional reactions from the audience has been followed by many and worked very well. But for more […]