Abbas Kiarostami is a familiar name to many people around the world. Since countless internet sites about him exist. He is considered by many as one of the best filmmakers of cinema. The filmmaker is a source of pride, because through his films, Kiarostami manages to present a new, refreshing image of Iran, a poetic […]
Month: August 2014
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The 15 Best Spaghetti Westerns Ever Made
Filmmakers love to take inspiration from the Spaghetti Western. The genre, popular mainly from the late 1960s and the early 1970s, represented a decade’s worth of the most exuberant and stylized cinema. To this day, many filmmakers take stylistic cues from the genre’s many legendary moments. It was anchored in the idea of using the […]
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10 Essential Michael Mann Films You Need To Watch
Michael Mann is someone whose films depict a certain level of realism, to some perhaps laborious, others necessary and then there’s the in between who go to see his films because of who is in them. Ultimately it is the director’s power to draw such big names, which could be seen to appeal to all […]
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15 Essential Director’s Cuts That Cast the Originals in a New Light
A director’s vision is often seen as the guiding light of a production, but that doesn’t mean said vision is absolute. Very few in the industry have risen to the level where they have the privilege of receiving the almighty power of “final cut”. Frequently, other parties will have a hand in shaping the final […]
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15 Great Filmmakers And Their Thematic Obsessions
Cinema is made possible thanks to the contribution of thousands of artists with different backgrounds, thoughts and visions working together to bring life to an idea, even if it’s just for a moment. Like any artist, filmmakers tend to have ideas that they keep revisiting, consciously or not. This fixation can be anything: a characteristic […]
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The 20 Best Documentaries Of All Time
To take a form like nonfiction cinema — as vast as it is experimental and as controversial as it is misunderstood — and whittle it down to 20 essential titles, seems almost an impossible task. It’s best to view documentaries not only for how fascinating a subject they depict or how uniquely they execute a […]