A quintessential American music icon, Bruce Springsteen is associated with a great many aspects of American culture – support for veterans, economic populism, the freedom of the road, romanticism leavened by fatalism. In addition to these characteristics that define his music, Springsteen’s lyrics rely heavily on cinematic techniques. His songs are populated with characters in […]
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The 15 Best Maggie Cheung Movie Performances
Maggie Cheung Man Yuk, as is her complete name, was born in Hong Kong by Shanghainese parents, who moved to the United Kingdom when she was eight. She returned to Hong Kong at the age of 18, and became a model. In the next year, she entered the Miss Hong Kong pageant and won the […]
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7 Andrei Tarkovsky Films and Their Philosophical Takeaways
Andrei Tarkovsky was born to Arseny Tarkovsky, a poet, and Maria Vishnyakova, a well-educated literary woman, in 1932 Soviet Russia. His life would be one of poetic vision and his father’s interests would influence his private life and his films. He attended school alongside poet Andrey Voznesensky, and he studied piano, art, and ultimately filmmaking. […]
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The 10 Most Distinct Traits of Takeshi Kitano’s Cinema
Takeshi Kitano has built a cinematic career as diverse and rich as his personality. Starting as a stage comedian, back in the seventies, the multifaceted artist slowly and steadily established his charismatic persona in Japan. Spreading his humour through the television, he was recognised as one of the country’s most prominent comedians long before entering […]
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The 10 Best Performances in a Paul Thomas Anderson Film
For a film school drop-out who, in his younger days, was renowned for being something of an egotistical, cocaine addled control freak, Paul Thomas Anderson has cemented himself as a much loved director in the hearts of many. One of the vital elements making his films such high quality is the superb performances he repeatedly […]
4 Ways The Release Of The Force Awakens Affected The Disney Franchise
Disney executives may have been holding their breath in the run up to the latest ‘Star Wars’ film release and wondering if their huge investment in buying the franchise would pay off. If so, then within days of the official release (or even before due to huge advance box office sales) they’d have been not […]