In her classic supernatural novel The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson noted that no creature can exist under conditions of complete realism and that even grasshoppers are supposed to dream. If grasshoppers need to dream, then why also not adult human beings? What would life be without dreams and what are fantasies but waking […]
Month: April 2015
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10 Great Minimalist Films That Are Worth Your Time
The connoisseurs of La-La-land have always been dreaming up spellbinding ways of hiking up the money tree and impressing millions. Sometimes it was through the glamorous sensuality of Dietrich and Munroe and, at others, it was the nerve-touching fair-ground attraction of computer generated worlds. Many times it was a knack for who-dunnits or who-killed-who-for-what? Alongside […]
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10 Best Movies About The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was one of the most controversial events in the 20th century and American history in general. The popular unrest and opposition to the war caused a much different portrayal of the event than previous wars had garnered. While war films had always shown as a dangerous and hellish affair, they had usually […]
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15 Great Films That Blur The Line Between Fiction and Reality
The line between what is fiction (narrative) and reality (documentary) and the possible perceptions of each through the immediate separation of the frame have been blurred and reworked by filmmakers since the beginning of the cinema. This concept of the viewers perception of reality and what exists inside and outside the frame is equally as […]
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The 13 Best Documentaries About True Crimes
While the human obsession with true crime might be innate, the nonfiction genre is relatively new to be taken seriously. With the recent success of the HBO series, The Jinx, and the hit podcast, Serial, true crime seems to be on everybody’s minds. Investigating crime might be inherently interesting for anybody with a taste for […]
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15 Great LGBT Coming-of-Age Movies That Are Worth Watching
Being a member of the LGBT community is a life altering experience. This experience starts with the first discovery of true identity and it can vary greatly depending on the person. This realization may come at four, fourteen or one hundred, but there is a moment of profound revelation . In cinema, these moments of […]