Films that celebrate youth are beloved by audiences and directors alike, explaining why the genre has new entries every year. Those worthy of our time are like a looking glass that one watches but also steps through, rediscovering a part of our former selves previously lost to the dark waters of the unconscious. This nostalgic […]
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10 Great Paranormal Noir Films of The Classic Era
Though initially describing the works of a particular movement of 1940’s and 50’s American crime films, ‘noir’ has come to represent a style derived from those films near ubiquitous in the palette of crime film and fused with all number of styles and genres besides. Originating with an American appropriation of German expressionist aesthetics – […]
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10 Great 2020 Horror Movies You May Have Missed
Halloween may have passed, but that doesn’t mean spooky season is over. For fans of horror, spooky season is all year round, especially when you consider the sheer quantity of horror movies being released week-by-week. COVID-19 may have helped push the big blockbusters to 2021, but plenty of horror flicks have still made their way […]
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10 Great Cult Films Favored By Quentin Tarantino
Can you believe that we are nearly a full generation removed from Reservoir Dogs? It has been eighteen, long years since Quentin Tarantino burst onto the scene with his mishmesh gulash of characters in suits arguing about pop music and casual dismemberment. It was a grimy, visceral little bastard of a film that was a […]
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10 Great Early Films That Anticipate Directors’ Later Styles
One is wont to mention auteur theory these days since the overuse of the term has been misappropriated to describe dilettantes shooting films on their I-Phones. The initial idea of the auteur was a director whose filmography exhibits a stylistic pattern specific to them. When talking about early films that foresee a director’s later style, […]
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10 Great Movies That Will Leave You Emotionally Exhausted
Movies, in their purest form, have an extraordinary ability to evoke the deepest human emotions within their viewers. Some films can be so deeply touching, irksome or elating that it leaves us in a totally different mood when the credits roll. This is even more fitting when the movie carries a moral or ethical message. […]