The great works of horror delve deep into the darker elements of human nature. For Lovecraft, it was the sheer magnitude of our insignificance in the face of the icy void, ‘pierced by the feeble light of half-dead stars.’ Whilst Goya’s grotesque compositions reveal a doomed inner battle between man’s reason and his madness. Since […]
Year: 2016
- Features
- ...
The 10 Best Movies About The Financial Crisis
It’s hard to overstate the cataclysmic impact of the 2008 global financial crisis on the economy of the United States and the rest of the world. The stock markets of countries around the globe cratered into oblivion, homeowners found themselves out on the streets, long-time employees packed their boxes and hit the unemployment lines. The […]
- Features
- ...
The 25 Best Black & White Films of The Last 25 Years
From 1970 until the present year (2016), majority of films that aren’t documentaries are released in color. As time goes on, many movie-goers are less inclined to see features that are shot in black and white, dismissing them as “boring” or “old fashioned”. Regardless, many filmmakers still rely on this method for a variety of […]
- Features
- ...
The 10 Best Uses of Music from Different Eras of The Movie Story
Music is used in films to convey a sense of mood, and can usually make all the difference to how effective and powerful scenes can be. Music can also help create the sense of time and place if the film is set in a particular era, and even more meaning can be conveyed through the […]
- Features
- ...
20 Great B Movies That Are Worth Your Time
Wikipedia defines a B film as the following: “A B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not an arthouse film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature.” Encyclopedia Britannica furthermore […]
- Features
- ...
The 25 Most Visually Stunning Films of 2015
Unequivocally an outstanding year at the cinema, 2015 lit up living rooms, bijous, drive-ins, and multiplex movie screens the world over. Taste of Cinema’s tireless search for the most visually exquisite films that year was no easy charge, though many of the top choices presented themselves clearly and immediately. While the most studious and impassioned […]