It has been just 20 years since Paul Thomas Anderson made his silver screen debut with “Hard Eight” and by 1999, he had established himself as one of the greatest American directors in history. Known for complex work that is both accessible by the masses and complexly layered, Anderson merges a surprisingly powerful melodramatic style […]
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Top 10 Movie Adaptations of Weird Literature
The inspiration for a film can stem from various places, including other films, art, poems, a creator’s own imagination, and books. More often than not, a film does not resemble the book’s original ideas, and instead, the director or writer builds upon or ruins the source material. However, whether a film is loyal to its […]
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The 10 Best Performances in a Sidney Lumet Movie
Sidney Lumet is a director whose filmmaking career spanned exactly 50 years, starting with “12 Angry Men”, a legendary film of the golden age, and concluding with “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead”, arguably one of the most underrated films of the 21st century. It is perhaps one of cinema’s great tragedies that this man […]
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The 10 Most Distinct Traits of Coen Brothers’ Cinema
Joel David Coen (born November 29, 1954) and Ethan Jesse Coen (born September 21, 1957) grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Jewish parents. Their mother, Rena, was an art historian and their father, Edward, was an economist. Joel and Ethan’s legendary career in film has garnered 13 Oscar nominations for the pair and four wins. […]
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The 10 Best Ed Harris Movie Performances
Ed Harris is credited on IMDb with this statement: “By transforming into his characters and pulling the audience in, Ed Harris has earned the reputation as one of the most talented actors of our time.” And with 99 acting credits to his name, his versatility is available to a wide range of audiences in a […]
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The 10 Best Stellan Skarsgard Movie Performances
An accomplished Swedish actor who mastered the transition between European arthouse to the Americanised mainstream with the help of long-time collaborator Lars von Trier, Skarsgard is a versatile performer capable of everything from the gentlest soul to the most brutal. Although everyday watchers may recognise him from Thor and the English rendition of Girl with […]