This is a common topic of discussion among cinephiles: who are the greatest thespians working right now? A comprehensive list of such actresses would have to include living legends like Meryl Streep, Judi Dench, Helen Mirren and so on, of course, and while there should be recognition and appreciation of the talent of such brilliant […]
Month: May 2016
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The 10 Best Movies Influenced by 20th Century Occultism
Aleister Crowley, an English novelist, poet, artist and “ceremonial magician” has had a acute influence on art. However, this influence is woven within the context of his philosophical religious movement, Thelema, and the impact that it has had upon its adherents (both past and present). Thelema’s influence throughout the last century is an influence that […]
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The 10 Best Horror Movies of The 2010s (So Far)
In today’s era of cinema, the horror movie is in somewhat of a dark place. Too reliant on jump scares and the tiresome, predictable tropes that were growing tiresome twenty years ago but are somehow still used. For a while, the genre was weighed down with the horrifically terrible torture porn subgenre as people seemed […]
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The 10 Best American Auteurs Working Today
In a film climate that seemingly prioritises superhero films, sequels and commercial successes, driven and masterful directors are an invaluable commodity. Luckily, they are not yet extinct in the American filmic landscape. The phrase and concept of the “auteur” originated in France in the 1940s, and became more emergent in the 1960s. It proposes that […]
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Dream Girls and Broken Dolls: 10 Artificial Women in Film
The artificial woman is a familiar trope in film. At its most crude, it can serve as a device by which the artificial woman is denied a backstory and is only capable of being viewed through the prism of the male lead’s desires and ambitions. Nonetheless, better entries in this milieu can present profound questions […]
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The 15 Best Transcendental Films of All Time
Transcendental films are those which go beyond traditional films by altering the viewer’s state of mind. Great directors such as Terrance Malick, Alejandro Jodorowsky, and Andrei Tarkovsky create profound filmic experiences by using film as a medium to express insight regarding fundamental aspects of human life. These films challenge the viewer’s perceptions of reality, death, […]