At Taste of Cinema we’ll be the first to admit that the term “masterpiece” gets tossed around more than a beachball at a Coldplay concert, often designated to films that are very of-the-moment but lack any kind of longevity or lasting resonance (this explains how high-profile Oscar winners like Forrest Gump, Crash and Green Book […]
Month: July 2020
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10 Great Lesser-Known Movies Made By Legendary Directors
The people featured on this list have all made a lasting influence on cinema as a way of artistic expression. Time in which they created their finest works differs, their beliefs differ, their styles and methods differ, yet every one of them touched our minds and souls in a way that made us feel. Fortunately, […]
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10 Great Recent Sci-fi Movies You May Have Never Seen
The science fiction genre has always flourished throughout the history of cinema, capturing the imagination and commanding impressive box office receipts along the way. But not all great SF has been widely seen, become a large-scale franchise, or been a big “event film” with A-list stars and a massive budget. Some get released and lost […]
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10 Great Billy Wilder Movies You May Have Never Seen
If you love comedic films, you love Billy Wilder. It’s a given: “The Seven Year Itch”, “Some Like it Hot”, “The Apartment”. But, what is genuinely fascinating is how many subjects his films cover. What I began to realize is that when I have talked about Billy Wilder with different people, over the years, is […]
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10 Great Murder Mystery Movies You’ve Probably Never Seen
Last year, Rian Johnson delivered a wonderful who-dun-it in vein of Agatha Christie with grains of Hitchcock along the way. It sparked more interest in these kinds of murder mysteries. Well, here are 10 films you might have missed involving murder, ranging from Giallo to comedies to satires, and a few in between. 1. […]
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10 Reasons Why “Red Desert” Is Michelangelo Antonioni’s Most Poetic Film
Red Desert came out in 1964 and it was a very first attempt of Antonioni to make a colored film. The film followed Antonioni’s monumental set – The Alienation Trilogy (L’Avventura, La Notte, L’Eclisse). For many people, including me, Red Desert is the extension of those films. However, what really makes Red Desert exalted among […]