From his days in ‘Take the Money and Run’ in 1969 to his recent 2014 film, ‘Magic in the Moonlight’, Woody Allen has consistently made films which make us laugh but far more than that, he has developed an appreciation for the subtlety of existential crisis and the absurdity of modern life. Apart from The […]
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The 30 Most Overlooked Debut Movies Made By Famous Directors
As a companion to our last piece on 30 of the best directorial debuts, we created a second list of an additional 30 great feature film debuts. This article may not be as flashy as the last list, but it includes a wide range of feature film debuts from underappreciated gems to surreal experiences. These […]
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The 15 Best Steve Buscemi Movie Performances
One of the joys of cinema is looking beyond the ‘name’ actors on screen and concentrating on others that are best known as ‘character actors’. These are the actors and actresses that you might not necessarily recognise by name, but when you see them on screen, you say to yourself something along the lines of […]
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The 30 Most Brilliant Movie Opening Title Sequences In Film History
In one of the safest ages of film in celluloid history, a time where movies are rigidly committed to maintaining cohesion and keeping that dreaded fourth wall right up, in tact, and galvanized in steel, nothing feels as alive and alert as something that displays the gall to look at us, the audience, and say […]
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The 14 Greatest Legendary Actors Who Never Won An Oscar
Not everyone can win an Oscar, and awards are usually given in the heat of the moment at the end of a year before history can really judge, but it’s sometimes ridiculous to consider the lists of people that have won, versus people that have lost. Consider this list of fourteen of the greatest actors […]
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10 Films That Had The Biggest Influences On The Films Of Christopher Nolan
When explaining why he dropped out of film school, Paul Thomas Anderson said “My film making education consisted of finding out what filmmakers I liked were watching, then seeing those films. I learned the technical stuff from books and mags…Film school is a complete con, because the information is out there if you want it.” […]