At first, in the initial phase of the Academy Awards, the Oscar for “Best Cinematography” was attributed only to cinematographers, followed by the titles of the work for each nominee in the qualifying period of time. This was immediately regarded as an error, and the category was corrected. In the second year, there wasn’t a […]
Month: February 2016
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The 15 Best Bette Davis Movie Performances
The second greatest female star of Hollywood History, according to the American Film Institute, Bette Davis arrived in LA in the early 1930’s and was at first given little credit. Legend has it, the actress was surprised no studio representative was at the train station to greet her; she later discovered the employee left because […]
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The 10 Best Movies Influenced by The Philosophy of Jean Baudrillard
French philosopher Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007) was one of the most influential postmodern theorists. The conceptions of Baudrillard have taken on greater importance in today’s world as our lives become further saturated and mediated by technology. According to Baudrillard, our culture has come to prize the simulation over the real. The “simulacra” is this representation. He […]
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The 10 Best Movies of Tony Scott
Tony Scott was a filmmaker who requires a lot of thought before compiling a top 10 list of his features. Not that there’s not enough to form a thoughtful and complete list, but because there’s too many phenomenal pieces of cinema competing with each other for space. A maximalist in every sense of the word, […]
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The 10 Best Blaxploitation Films of All Time
In the 1970s, a new genre of film came about in American culture, centered around the burgeoning black urban identity. The movement sought to make relatable mainstream movies that the growing black population of America could relate to, although after a few years the whole country began to embrace the style and content of the […]
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15 Entertaining DVD Commentaries Every Film Fan Must Listen To
Those who’ve not given up on physical media know that the most prized supplement feature of a DVD/blu-ray is the commentary track. While behind the scenes documentaries can be very interesting and gag reels hilarious, you never quite know what you’re going to get with an audio commentary track. They can be fascinating to listen […]