Horror cinema is currently undergoing a resurgence. Acclaimed films of the decade such as Jordan Peele’s critical-darling Get Out and Ben Wheatley’s genre-hybrid Kill List have shown audiences that horror can be given new life if experimented with. While much of the genre’s output remains rather dull and uninspired, since the turn of the century, […]
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10 Great Films From Legendary Directors No One Talks About
What keeps certain films so popular over the decades while others of equal quality are relegated to the obscure pile? Often times some great work by highly successful directors gets overlooked for reasons impossible to explain. Films early in a career and even a debut film can put a director on the map, yet be […]
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10 Banned Movies That Are Quite Harmless Today
No film is ever “harmless”. Each one plants a seed, an emotion, a dream, some “otherness” in the mind of the spectator. However, there are periods and places that resemble a powder keg; in those circumstances, a film can easily assume the role of the spark. Cinema is often considered the synthesis of all the […]
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The 10 Most Ethereal Movies of All Time
Sometimes, a scene can take you to a special place spiritually. You can feel a sense of ascension into another realm. You might feel like you are in a new reality; a parallel dimension, if you will. Sure, most good films transport its viewers to a new place, but these kinds of films make you, […]
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10 Children’s Films That Would Even Disturb Adults
The Motion Picture Association of America makes the rules for American film, from US studios’ access to international markets to the ratings that get slapped on films before they reach audiences’ eyes. Throughout American film history, MPAA has stepped in to lay guidelines for film assessment, yet these rating standards seem to shift every fifteen […]
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10 Times Authors Hated The Movie Versions Of Their Books
Adapting a book to the screen is always a tricky job. There can be great pieces of written prose that do not inspire interesting cinematic translations, purely because movies and books are very different mediums with very different tools at their disposal. Moreover, some screenwriters and moviemakers are not actually interested in adapting a work […]