2020 has certainly been a challenging year for film fans. Not only are theaters largely shutdown, but studios have been hesitant to put out new releases on streaming services and VOD outlets, leading to a dearth in new films available. Many of the most anticipated films of the year have been either pushed to undated […]
Month: September 2020
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10 Movie Classics From Scorsese’s World Cinema Project
The World Cinema Project is a special program of the Film Foundation which works to restore and preserve lost or overlooked works of cinema from across the globe. Founded by filmmaker Martin Scorsese at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, the World Cinema Project has restored over forty films to date, generally from parts of the […]
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10 Great War Movies You’ve Probably Never Seen
War films not only show us the hell of war, but they also often explore themes such as survival, sacrifice, friendship and alliance, the effects of war on society, the traumas it causes, PTSD, and many other moral, political, and social issues. Sometimes they’re full of excitement and more heavy on the technical side in […]
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The 10 Best Argentine Crime Movies of The 21st Century
Crime films are not easily considered as a single genre, but on the contrary, they are characterized by being a collection of different genres. According to Thomas Leitch in his book “Crime Films Genres in American Cinema,” classifying a film as “one about crime” is correct and supports his theory through the appearance of three […]
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10 Great Cult Horror Films You May Have Never Seen
The journey of the horror genre has developed greatly over time. Displaying fear for entertainment purposes may appear to be perverse at first, but it is an all-too-real emotion people experience. Therefore, makers of cinema are free to explore the darkness behind humanity and seek out the strange noises that go bump in the night. […]
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10 Great Debut Movies From Late Bloomers
Orson Welles shouldn’t be blamed for launching the myth of the baby auteur, as Citizen Kane is the exception that proves the rule. For all that movie’s formal daring, it’s a mature, sophisticated work concerning the ravages of time and ambition, themes that very few 25-year-olds have any interest in exploring. Given Hollywood’s long-standing reverence […]