For as long as horror movies have existed, darkness has been the standard-setting to quickly and easily establish threat and malice. Being afraid of the dark is widely seen as a normal part of growing up and can be used as a universal shorthand for fear. It’s coded into every facet of our society. Darkness […]
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10 Great Japanese Movies You May Have Never Seen
When writing the previous “10 great underseen Japanese movies” list, it quickly became clear that 10 films are just a fraction of the amount of brilliant underseen Japanese movies that are out there just waiting to be explored. The list talked about movies from 10 different directors in a variety of genres, but still it […]
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10 Films You May Never Have Seen That Inspired Your Favorites
If there’s one thing that makes film a life long passion, it’s the constant sense of discovery that comes along with it. For an art form that, relatively, hasn’t existed for too long, it’s one that constantly and quickly evolves, with easily traceable threads and influences eventually leading to a plethora of under seen gems. […]
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10 Great Movies Made In Dangerous Environments
Ever since the invention of the movie-camera, danger has always served as a core ingredient of cinema. The very nature of its original form is a recipe for disaster, a highly flammable nitrate film-base, used from the time of its invention in 1888 all the way into the early 50s. For whatever reason, when it […]
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All 12 Clint Eastwood Westerns Ranked From Worst To Best
Is there any other cinematic artist more synonymous with a single genre than Clint Eastwood is with the western? Of course, there are comedians such as Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Steve Martin or Eddie Murphy, but that’s something else, since they rarely venture outside of their comedic vehicles. And then there are the Hammer stars […]
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The 20 Best Movie Performances of 2020
Awards season has finally arrived, albeit a little later than usual. Thanks to a worldwide pandemic unrivaled by anything in modern history, cinema had to take a bit of a break while the world slowly restored itself. Although the world isn’t exactly functioning like it used to, we are slowly making our way to normalcy, […]