Black Comedy is a revealing and subtle genre strand of comedy. A good dark comedy movie manages the difficult task of blending the dark and twisted with the hilarious, often delivering both at the same time. If you’re watching a black comedy and laughing your head off – but feeling horribly guilty about it – […]
Month: July 2014
14 Lesser-Seen Italian Exploitation Films That Are Worth Watching
From the 1960s to the 1980s, Italy became known for its exploitation cinema, which ranged from gialli and “Mondo” films to Spaghetti Westerns and Nazisploitation. The Italian film market churned out dozens of exploitation films in order to capitalize on the latest cinematic crazes (in some instances, filmmakers even ripped off other Italian exploitation films). […]
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12 Essential Bill Murray Films You Need To Watch
Part-time actor and full-time awesome person Bill Murray was one of the many performers of television sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live to jump to the big screen. He turned out to be one of the most successful people to do it, building an iconic career with roles that have ranged from average sweet guy […]
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10 Essential Wes Craven Films You Need To Watch
Wes Craven – teacher, taxi driver, porno camera man, renowned director, reluctant “master of horror” – grew up in a fundamentalist Baptist household in Cleveland, Ohio. Compared to most directors, Craven was a late bloomer. He didn’t direct his first film until he was in his 30s. Yet, it was his background that ushered him […]
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15 Masterpieces of Akira Kurosawa Every Movie Fan Should See
When one thinks of the masters of cinema, Japanese director Akira Kurowsawa (1910-1998) would be towards the top of that tree. Ground breaking and innovative in not only the technical arena of the field, the way in which he used narrative has been a major influence on several subsequent generations of directors, including Roman Polanski, […]
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10 Essential Comedies From The Early Days Of Cinema
For as long as there have been movies, there have been comedies. As early as 1895, the Lumiere brothers ventured into the genre with short films. As the medium grew in popularity and availability, filmmakers on both sides of the Atlantic began exploring the comedic possibilities of full-length features, creating works and building careers that […]