Humans love closure, feeling a need for everything in the world to make sense or offer resolution. Telling stories is one of the ways we pass on information and create catharsis, learning from the successes and failures of others and the movies are the leanest and meanest form of storytelling. There is less room for […]
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The 15 Most Innovative Documentaries from The Last 5 Years
Innovation is nothing new. Almost since its conception, documentary has been reinventing itself, and many conventions of the genre, that we take for granted, were borne out of innovative evolutions of the form. Perhaps a development happening right now will become an expectation of future non-fiction films. Most attempt to find some kind of truth, […]
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The 15 Best Tim Robbins Movies You Need To Watch
Tim Robbins has proved himself to be an actor who handles comedy and drama with equal facility, be it a farce like “The Player” or a mature drama like “The Shawshank Redemption”. He has also produced and directed films, and has even proved himself as a singer and songwriter, a talent he inherited from his […]
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15 Overlooked Movies From The 1970s That Are Worth Watching
The 1970s, was an incredibly exciting period in film making. Relaxations in censorship lead to film makers exploring subject matter which was once strictly off limits. The result of this was an explosion of challenging films, some which remain controversial to this day. Of course, relaxed attitudes toward on screen sex and violence were not […]
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The 15 Best Movie Soundtracks of 2014
With awards season in full-swing, there’s a lot of talk about who was the best director, who wrote the best screenplay and who gave the best on-screen performances in 2014. But the element that brings together the storytelling, cinematography and editing into a world of cinematic wonder is sometimes taken for granted: the music. Soundtracks […]
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The 20 Best William Hurt Movies You Need To Watch
William Hurt, a virtual unknown, shot onto the big screen in 1980 with Altered States and quickly became one of the most important actors of the decade. He starred in some of the biggest and most thoughtful films of the time. However by the end of the decade, severe personal problems including a highly publicized […]