Movies like to play with genre in more ways than one. Whether it’s subverting the audience’s expectations about what kind of film they are about to see or combining multiple genres in order to create a unique and idealised experience, there are endless possibilities when it comes to how filmmakers present their take on convention. […]
Year: 2023
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The 10 Best Movies At Cannes 2023
Running May 16 through May 27, the 76th edition of the most prestigious festival in the film world unveiled a stacked competition slate that included the latest work by world-renowned auteurs, an array of splashy summer releases, and buzzworthy titles that are already shaping up to be huge awards contenders next fall. In the blockbuster […]
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The 10 Most Underrated Crime Movies From The 1990s
Today, with hindsight, critics recognise the 1990s as a belle époque in cinema history. The talent that this decade gave stage to was astonishing, especially in the form of the crime genre. Audiences were assured to see at least one defining crime classic every single year of the decade. As a sequel to the previous […]
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All 11 Ari Aster Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
Decades from now, film scholars will likely mention Ari Aster as one of the defining and most influential directors of our age, whose work not only swirls around genre conventions but re-defined arthouse cinema altogether. Despite his age, the 36-year-old has already established himself as a brand-name filmmaker with a strong authorial stamp. That lofty […]
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10 Great Revenge Movies You Probably Haven’t Seen
“When you’ve been betrayed by a friend, you hit back” says James Woods character in Sergio Leone’s masterpiece “Once Upon a Time in America”. There can be so many reasons behind why we love to watch revenge movies. IT can be because we find it fascinating to watch a person’s rage, how it brings them […]
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10 Great Sci-fi Film Classics You Probably Haven’t Seen
The science fiction genre has always been financially successful. When you look at the box office numbers, you begin to realize that some of the biggest contemporary releases fit within the genre. Even if you ignore the superhero genre, you’re still left with movies as gargantuan as Avatar: The Way of Water, Jurassic World: Dominion, […]