Pedro Almodóvar has been a mainstay of Spanish cinema for the last 30+ years, emerging in the years after General Franco’s death and the country’s shift towards democracy. He has in that time period been perhaps the only Spanish director to have achieved and maintained a sustained period of commercial and critical acclaim worldwide, with […]
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The 15 Best Throwback Horror/Sci-fi Films of The Past Decade
Something that has been a growing trend among movies during this past decade is the fact that they have been more and more inspired by movies from the 1970s and 80s. This is because of how filmmakers today grew up in the 80s and are drawing off of their nostalgia. If you think about it […]
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10 Great Forgotten Films Featuring Award Winning Actors
Any time someone mentions an actors’ name, the following reaction is to think of the movie that made them well known. If someone mentions Al Pacino, you’ll think of The Godfather. Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire. James Dean? Rebel Without a Cause. In the cases of the three movies listed, it’s easy to […]
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20 Under-the-Radar Movies That May Become Future Classics
Every ten years, the British film magazine Sight and Sound asks critics around the world to choose their ten favourite films of all time. Everyone is familiar with the old warhorses that regularly show up in this poll – your Citizen Kanes, your Tokyo Story. But we forget that it was not always thus. Time […]
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The 10 Best Recent Documentaries About Filmmakers
The history of film can’t go forward without having looking at the past. Understanding a way a great director made a masterwork can give a small insight to their mind, and can help us to unveil the mystery of a film. Documenting a filmmaker gives a way of making history through their medium, and gives […]
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The 15 Most Memorable Songs Used In Quentin Tarantino Movies
Music in films can be very manipulative. It can make all the difference to the scene it is accompanying. What could potentially have been an unremarkable scene becomes so much more due to the fantastic music in the background. Although composers and artists are the ones who create the actual music, it is the filmmaker […]