With another Oscars season passed, and another set of winners names, there undoubtedly will now be the year long discussion wherein everyone voices their agreement or disagreements with the choices. Sometimes these choices seem all too obvious, and sometimes there is vehement disagreement, but most of the time many people can see what the Academy […]
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20 Great European Road Movies That Are Worth Your Time
Unlike the wide open vistas of the United States, the European road trip has always been constrained by borders and hampered by a chequered 20th century history that made traversing the continent a difficult proposition for a large part of it. With that in mind, the European road movie often provides a very different proposition […]
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10 Movies from The Past 5 Years Where The Visuals Stand Out
When words fail, visuals speak. That is the case of some of the films listed here, but not all. For some, the fact that its cinematography and overall scenery stand out doesn’t mean that they’re incomplete. It only shows how not too often in the film industry we get to see powerful visual storytelling. Arguably, […]
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The 20 Best Scenes in The Movies of Quentin Tarantino
A successful film is more than the sum of its parts, but often within a powerful film, there are certain memorable scenes that speak to the strengths of the film itself. With countless movies released every year, crafting a memorable scene within a great film is no easy feat. Quentin Tarantino has become one of […]
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The 25 Best French Romantic Films of All Time
It isn’t hyperbolic to say that French are best at making films. So, can it be hyperbolic to say that they are best at making romantic films? This list has tried to include the best French romantic films of all time, picking 25 out of so many. There can be hundreds, if we included all […]
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10 Movies That Won Its Director an Oscar But Failed to Win Best Picture
At the latest Academy Awards, Spotlight took home Best Picture but it’s director Tom McCarthy went home empty handed in his respective category, with Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu being named Best Director for the second year in a row. This split between Picture and Director has become an increasingly common occurrence in the last five years but […]