As the second decade of the 21st century gets closer to its end, a clearer idea of its main characteristics is forming among movie viewers and experts. The last eight years have been the years of Netflix and others streaming platforms. Movies are not something you can see either in theaters or television anymore: they […]
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10 Movie Masterpieces That Can Teach You Everything About Cinema
The relatively short history of cinema makes it both challenging and exciting to study. Because film is a fairly modern art form, its repository of instructional material is naturally limited. We have no archaic, impenetrable texts to preserve under lock and key in museums, and though there are schools of film they are mostly first […]
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10 Recent Films with the Potential to Achieve Cult Following
Many productions are marketed as “a cult film in the making”, and the term has come to mean something much broader to modern audiences. However, there are still many films released that certainly possess the potential to cultivate a loyal and cult audience. There are many films that could have made this list, and the […]
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10 Great Movies That Look Like Paintings
There are many beautifully shot films out there where the cinematography immerses the viewer into the universe and stuns with encapsulating visuals. This list will try and honour some of those films. However, instead of focusing on overall great cinematography, this list will try and narrow it down to films that have visuals similar to […]
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The 20 Greatest Femme Fatales in American Cinema
The presence of the femme fatale (or fatal woman in English) in contemporary American cinema is not as prominent now as it once was in the Golden Age. Regardless, the notion of the beautiful, empowered, and deadly woman, remains a profound one when executed well. Modern incarnations of the architype, such as Denise Richards’ seductive […]
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The 20 Best Dream Scenes in Movie History
We all have a fascination with what we dream up when we sleep. Some people go as far to interpret their dreams. Others find parallels between their imaginations and their daily lives. Some people even shrug these images off as just something weird they dreamt that previous night. Either way, we are always aware of […]