Short films remain, compared to their lengthier siblings, under-appreciated and unknown today. But, as anyone who’s ever seen an art film (or an exploitation film) knows, a lack of commercial appeal can bode extremely well for artistic potential. A seeming irony, there’s nothing shocking about this contrast at all: not having to find commercial success […]
Month: April 2015
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10 Great Movies of The 21st Century You Might Have Missed
In 2006 when Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy) and Richard Roeper reviewed the movie Half Nelson together, they spoke about how people complain that there is “no more originality in movies”. They explain that in fact films are as original as they ever have been, “you just have to look for them”. In the modern […]
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The 20 Best Hollywood Comedy Movies of All Time
“Comedy is the soul of man.” “Laughter is always the best medicine.” Those phrases reflect the importance of comedy. Hollywood has produced countless comedic movies, and the ones you’re about to read about are 20 of the best works of cinematic humor made since the days of silent film. We unfortunately cannot name all of […]
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The 20 Best Female Revenge Movies of All Time
Women in cinema – just like in real life – have been routinely victims of physical and psychological abuse, mistreatment and discrimination. Prey of sexism and its violent by-products, the big screen representatives of the female gender have faced multifarious threats and humiliation often without been given the chance to defend themselves. But there are […]
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Filmmaker Retrospective: The Hysterical Cinema of Emir Kusturica
There are two main images that instantly rise to mind when the words “Serbia” and “Cinema” appear together: the controversial “A Serbian Film” by Srdjan Spasojevic and the face of one of the most talented directors that Europe saw born in last decades, Emir Kusturica. For now, let’s just forget the blood and necrophilia of […]
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The 10 Best Sean Penn Movies You Need To Watch
Hollywood and film enthusiasts alike have had a tumultuous relationship with Sean Penn over the years. In the 80’s, he was the ultimate “Hollywood Bad Boy”: drinking like a fish and smoking like a chimney all over the press, punching his way through photographers, and marrying his way through Madonnas. That image has quelled slightly […]