A film movement is a wave of films usually following a particular trend in cinema of the time. Most trending movements in cinema are regional but influence world cinema. These films have cultural origins usually influenced by national tragedy, popular culture, or social issues. Experimental techniques can be used to create the innovating filming styles. […]
Year: 2015
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15 Riveting Documentaries That Unfold Like Dramatic Narratives
Documentary films have been around since the earliest days of cinema. In a sense, they are the opposite of narrative films: fictional stories created in the mind of the writer, brought to life by the director, and starring a bunch of actors who are pretending to be someone else. Documentaries by definition are nonfiction, true-life […]
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The 10 Best Movies from This Century that Feature Memorable Method Acting
When Marlon Brando spent an entire month in a bed at the Birmingham Army Hospital in Van Nuys, California, just to prepare for his debut role as a paraplegic veteran in “The Men” (1950), he became on of the first and best examples of the extremes an actor goes to when preparing for a character. […]
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25 Overlooked South Korean Movies That Are Worth Watching
Just in case you needed more South Korean cinema, here is an additional article featuring 25 more overlooked South Korean films. If you haven’t checked out the first one, please do so — mainly just in case I might’ve missed something (as well as several other similar lists). Once again, I use the term “overlooked” […]
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11 Great Independent Movies That Play Like Extended Twilight Zone Episodes
Who doesn’t love The Twilight Zone? Whilst not the first of its type, The Twilight Zone television series, which consisted of unrelated stories from various genres like science fiction, horror, mystery, fantasy, suspense and thrillers, remains the most popular amongst these types of anthology series. Starting with the original television series, which ran from 1959 […]
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Filmmaker Retrospective: The Passionate Cinema of Luchino Visconti
Born to upper class Italian nobility in 1906, Luchino Visconti was raised in an environment of high culture, becoming involved in theatre and music at a young age. During World War II he grew critical of his lavish upbringing, joining the Communist party and focusing his films on the lower class of Italy. Visconti was […]