With the golden age of television looming large over not only modern cinematic practices but exerting an omnivorously outward reaching hand toward film directors like never before, the time seems right for a look back on the film directors who have, pre-fame or post-fame, looked to the smaller screen as either stepping stone or sabbatical […]
Author: Jake Walters
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The 15 Best Movies Based on TV Shows
Television is the stunted younger sibling of film, but the past decade has seen it finally endure a growth spurt. Among legions of critically acclaimed original properties, recent years have seen a number of television shows based on films flower on the small screen, with Fargo, The Silence of the Lambs, and The Evil Dead […]
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The 25 Best Animated Short Films You Can Watch Online
Short films remain, compared to their lengthier siblings, under-appreciated and unknown today. But, as anyone who’s ever seen an art film (or an exploitation film) knows, a lack of commercial appeal can bode extremely well for artistic potential. A seeming irony, there’s nothing shocking about this contrast at all: not having to find commercial success […]
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The 15 Best Japanese Horror Movies of All Time
Horror as a genre has remained to this day primarily trapped in the shadow of the Western world, at least in the public consciousness. The fact is, however, an appreciation and thrill for the sensation of a chill down the spine is a universal desire, almost a drive, and areas all over the world have […]
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The 20 Best Movies Made By Filmmakers Over 60
It’s easy to point to a director and pinpoint their prime output to the span of a decade or two. Many directors have a fiery, potent period of energy and rage that burns brightly and then explodes (for directors who die young, or who ceremoniously renounce the field) or fade away (for those who continue […]