The history of the Italian film industry is so rich that it makes these types of lists quite difficult to write. Although I have the opinion that after 1980, Italian Cinema almost “died” and wasn’t able to renovate its staff, quality and influence. I agree there are a handful of films quite worthy of attention […]
Year: 2016
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10 Movies of The 21st Century that Should Have Won The Oscar for Best Cinematography
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 […]
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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 […]