Henri Bergson, the Nobel Prize winner in 1927 for literature, wrote in 1899 an absolute masterpiece Le Rire (The Laugh). Because this opera was written so long ago, it represents the essence of comic in our society. Cinema, like every “major art”, is the perfect vehicle for representing these types of ideas. Bergson tried to […]
Year: 2016
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15 Movies With Great Trailers That Completely Disappointed Us
The term “trailer” comes from days of cinema past, in which advertisements for future releases would trail the conclusion of a feature film. This was eventually deemed an unsuccessful practice due to moviegoers leaving as the end credits rolled, impatient and uninterested in sticking around. The trailers were eventually moved to the start of a […]
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20 Essential Films For An Introduction To Queer Cinema
What some critics called “New Queer Cinema” developed almost in pair with what theorists called “Queer theory”. This theory explored every deviant category of sexuality. Queer theory proposed a wider and more complex way of reading sexuality, trying to go beyond classical LGBT labeling. Dealing mostly with gay themes, “New Queer Cinema” explored different sexual […]
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10 So Bad They’re Good Movies Not The Room You Need to See
The Room. Plan 9 From Outer Space. Troll 2. Whenever someone mentions the term “so bad it’s good” in regards to cinema these are among the first films people think of. Or they might cycle around to Showgirls. Battlefield Earth. Manos: The Hands of Fate. Either way for those who only look at the surface […]
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The 10 Best South Korean Films of 2015
2015 was another great year for South Korean cinema, with its financial and artistic growth and being witnessed globally, since South Korean films are getting screened and distributed in a large number of festivals and countries around the world, netting a plethora of awards and grossing enormous sums. Three titles included here made the top […]
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The 25 Best Movies of 1976
As 1967 is generally considered the first full year of ‘New Hollywood’ films, 1976 is usually considered the year in which the cycle of films began to wind down. Gritty urban stories such as Taxi Driver and Marathon Man were still leading the way at the box office, while Network’s Howard Beale urged audiences to […]