When we talk about Gus van Sant, we aren’t just talking about a director. The man is also a screenwriter, painter, musician and photographer (he was in advertising as well). All this versatility is present in his filmmaking and even in the way Van Sant flows easily into independent films and mainstream products. Openly homosexual, […]
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The 10 Best Movies About Alzheimer’s Disease
Memory is the basis of knowledge. The process of memorizing is precious to human life as we know it and it’s quite simple: we collect experiences in everything we do and we use them in daily life, like an imitation game. It is intimately connected to know “what” and “how” a thing happens. Without memory […]
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The 30 Greatest Closing Lines in Cinema History
In popular culture, people tend to say, “it’s not how it starts, but how it ends”. In cinema, a bad start can mean nothing in the end. The wedding scene in “The Deer Hunter” isn’t properly enthusiastic, but Michael Cimino’s flick is still a very good effort. In this list we will talk about the […]
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15 Great Non-English Language Gangster Films Worth Your Time
In an advanced and technological era, it is surprising that some of the most powerful and profitable organizations in the world are related to crime. These vulgarly so-called “gangster” groups are spread into the world and its motives are in some cases very disparate. The most common groups like Camorra (Italy), Yakuza (Japan) or Los […]
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The 10 Best Films Based On Nobel Prize Winners’ Novels
Wrapped in controversy, the Nobel Prize is the most prestigious award related with literature. The prize always gave primacy to European writers and, maybe because of that, many say the award is conditioned by political views and idealistic behaviors instead of talent or contributions to humanity. It is a fact that the Nobel Prize Academy doesn’t […]
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The 15 Best Metaphysical Movies of All Time
The study of metaphysics has almost 25 centuries of existence, when Aristotle wrote a book called “Metaphysical” about causation, form, matter and existence. According to the Greek philosopher, metaphysics isn’t just about transcendence, but in this list we will mainly focus on this subject: what’s beyond physical and material. For that reason, it’s important to know […]