Ethan Hawke never really catches mainstream attention. He’ll be the first to admit that he’s not that good when it comes to picking more commercially appealing movies; he’s even a little too harsh to them sometimes. He called “Taking Lives” a terrible movie, and while it was no masterpiece, it’s fine enough for what it […]
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10 Great Films That Didn’t Receive a Single Oscar Nomination This Year
It’s never possible to satisfy everyone with awards or film listings, because tastes are always different, but you at least hope that some of your favorite films are in contention to get at least a little bit of recognition. Unfortunately, more often than not they come up short. This year was the same. To be […]
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10 Great Noir Films You May Have Never Seen
The film historian Sheri Chinen Biesen writes in her book “Blackout” that there are two separate strains of film noir—one arose during wartime, the other followed it: “These early noir films created a psychological atmosphere that in many ways marked a response to an increasingly realistic and understandable anxiety – about war, shortages, changing gender […]
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10 Great Psychological Thrillers You’ve Probably Never Seen
Many people have always had a certain fascination for and curiosity about violence and calamity. Psychological thrillers not only give us those delicious cinematic thrills where we find ourselves in an unusual and suspenseful atmosphere, but they also make us explore the mind and the psychology of broken minds, souls, and morally ambiguous people. We […]
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10 Underrated Movies Recommended By Roger Ebert
It’s hard to find a film where a critic of any kind is portrayed in a positive light. No matter if it’s a horror, drama or comedy, critics are often portrayed as some sort of villains who destroy the main character’s life. Maybe they could have made a narrative fictionalized version of “Life Itself” to […]
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10 Great Movies About Hollywood You May Have Never Seen
Hollywood is also full of movies about Hollywood itself. Success stories, dark sides, or just a backdrop for various stories. Just last year Quentin Tarantino made a tribute to the end of the Golden Age called “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” and this year David Fincher has made “Mank” about the industry politics of […]