“[David Cronenberg] has been, film for film, the most audacious and challenging director in the English-speaking world.” – J. Hoberman Murder ballads Toronto, Canada’s most incendiary favorite son, director David Cronenberg’s name is synonymous with a cinematic subgenre he essentially created––”body horror.” And certainly his deft psychological thriller from 2005, A History of Violence, […]
Month: March 2017
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6 Reasons Why “Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring” is a Modern Masterpiece of South Korean Cinema
“Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring” is a South Korean movie directed by Ki-duk Kim and starring Yeong-su Oh, Young-min Kim, Jong-ho Kim, Jae-kyung Seo, and Yeo-jin Ha. Released in 2003, the movie follows the life of a Buddhist monk, taking place in a monastery in the middle of a forest. We follow him as […]
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10 Superhero Movies That Stuck Closest To The Source Material
The Dark Knight is often considered the best superhero movie of all-time. It’s tightly-constructed, as smart as it is entertaining, and has the most interesting supervillain. But what it isn’t is a close resemblance to any of the comics, as the Nolan brothers took more creative liberties than most. While no superhero movie could ever […]
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4 Reasons Why “City Lights” Is Charlie Chaplin’s Best Movie
“Naturalness is the greatest requisite of comedy. It must be real and true to life. I believe in realism absolutely. Real things appeal to the people far quicker than the grotesque. My comedy is actual life, with the slightest twist or exaggeration, you might say, to bring out what it might be under certain circumstances.” […]
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10 Movies You Should See If You Liked “Green Room”
“The crowd there leans a little right,” warns Tad (David W. Thompson), a sketchy Portland promoter, to Pat (Anton Yelchin) and his noisy punk band, The Ain’t Rights. Normally they’d never take such a shady gig but they’re on the ass end of a tour that’s put them in the hole and so they reluctantly […]
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The 15 Best Movies Inspired by Leftism
Leftism, as a political and social view, can mean many things. Initially, the left and left wing were terms developed to describe the anti-monarchy movement going on in France prior to the French Revolution. The pillars of leftism from this time period onward have been concepts of social equality, organized labor, nationalization of resources, and […]