In recent decades both film scholars and fans of vintage cinema have championed two unique film movements. One of these is the so-called “pre-code” school of films, pictures created before the censorship guidelines caused movies to become much more circumspect. The other movement, which has been of great public interest much longer than “pre-code”, would […]
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16 Creepy Grande Dame Guignol Horror Films to Freak You Out
Popularly referred to as “hagsploitation” or “psycho-biddy” cinema, the genre of the Grande Dame Guignol was born, unintentionally, in 1962 by horror film director Robert Aldrich. After his sensational hit, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, starring screen legends Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, a string of “older women in peril” films rushed into production, […]
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The 10 Best Heist Movies of All Time
Heists are always interesting to watch onscreen, which is probably why Hollywood likes to make so many movies involving them. It’s always a great rush to see how they pull off the heist, and run away with the cash in hand and the girl underneath the arm. Yet, some of the very best heist movies […]
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The 20 Best British Movies of The Past 5 Years
The past five years have marked a changing time for British Film, increased cuts to sources of funding since the global recession are perhaps what has resulted in the number of co-productions within this list. Pinning down an exact theme or trend is difficult but there does seem to be a slightly more innovative shift […]
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The 20 Best Movies With a Nonlinear Storyline
Nonlinear narratives comprise a vast amount of narratives that do not tend to follow the direct causality pattern of their depicted events. Generally speaking, such amount responds to the variety of available resources, from flashbacks to anarchic deconstructions, narrators have to constitute nonlinear exercises. Experimentation with non linear narratives in Cinema can be traced to […]
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The 15 Strongest Best Picture Competitions In Oscar History
It is always fascinating to see how The Academy votes in any given year. Certain genres go in and out of fashion, and the group that votes the Best Picture has changed over the years, from the early years when The Screen Extras Guild was allowed to vote to a more narrow range of voters […]