Many of us live our busy day-to-day lives, constantly filled with continuous tasks that consume our time, so we rarely get to sit and think about the inevitable end of this parade, or what it all means. As Schopenhauer once put it: “Time is that by which at every moment all things become as nothing […]
Month: January 2017
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The 30 Best Movies Made By Black Directors
2016 was a landmark year for critically acclaimed black authored and focused work. In the wake of an #oscarssowhite backlash in prior years, a variety of worthy films and performances were acknowledged by critics throughout the year, and sold well at the box office. With this new influx of quality films the inspiration came to […]
Pulling Focus: Down By Law (1986)
“It is a sad and beautiful world.” – Roberto (played by Roberto Benigni) I fought the law and the law won Incidental encounters and tough luck reluctantly come together in writer-director Jim Jarmusch’s deeply distinctive third feature from 1986, Down By Law. Existing in its own even tempered and hermetically sealed cosmology, joyfully noncommercial […]
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5 Reasons Why You Should Be Watching New French Extremity Films
For about twenty years now several directors in and near France have been making some of the most formally interesting, thematically dark, and in many cases just plain difficult to watch films in the world. Together these films are known as the New French Extremity. They are challenging and often misunderstood. There are other lists […]
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10 Great Icelandic Movies That Are Worth Your Time
Iceland is a small country and one of the most sparsely populated ones; despite this factor it has produced many fantastic directors and movies, a lot of which are underrated due to the quite secluded location and lack of distribution. Unlike a lot of other countries there has only been one Icelandic movie competing for […]
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The 13 Most Amazing In-Camera Special Effects in Movie History
It seems almost impossible to remember a time when computer generated effects did not dominate the movie screen. From Disney’s revolutionary Tron to that first glimpse of a Brontosaurus in Jurassic Park, CGI has become essential to filmmaking. When used correctly, and preferably with moderation, it can create pure magic. Just watch any of the […]