Walking the fine line between comedy and drama has always been a natural way of picturing life’s mood swings on screen. Thus it comes as no surprise that dramedies are one of the most prevalent merges of movie genres. Distinguishing comedy-dramas from films not easily regarded as such is certainly not the simplest task in […]
Author: Andreas Papadakis
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The 30 Greatest Living Actors Who Have Never Been Nominated For An Oscar
Awards and nominations are certainly not the safest way to measure an artist’s caliber, and the Oscars are the epitome of this assumption, since there have been numerous occasions over the years where great actors were completely snubbed by the Academy. Although it is a fact that sometimes there are too many noteworthy performances in […]
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The 30 Best Films Starring Mostly Non-Professional Actors
Sometimes a necessary compromise due to budget limitations, but most of the time a conscious artistic decision made during the development or the pre-production of a movie, working with non-professional actors is a filmmaking practice adopted by many directors of various cinema eras and movements. The non-professionals’ lack of training, together with their presumable real-life […]
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30 Movies With The Most Brilliant Camera Work
Cinema is the only art form capable of utilizing and combining all other arts, and in such inspiring ways that it can produce a new way of complete human expression; ergo a fresh, and “sui generis” art itself. However, as in every art form, to achieve a confirmed or acclaimed artistic status is not a […]