The suspense genre relies on the audience thinking they might know more than the characters in the film itself. They ask us to take part in the events of the movie, trying to second-guess what could happen next. Most films aren’t truly suspenseful as due to prior film knowledge we can more or less understand […]
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10 Famous Movies That Stole Plots From Other Films
The concept of pure and untarnished originality is a mythical one. No film has ever existed in a vacuum, completely free of influence. That would require the filmmaker to have absolutely no idea of the medium he is working in. Instead, movies have constantly been inspired by the ones that have come before them, as […]
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10 Bad Movies That Wasted A Brilliant Concept
It can be one of the most frustrating parts of moviegoing. You hear about the concept before it goes into production, you wait eagerly for the spell-binding trailer, you endlessly check the release date before finally going to see it, only for the film to fall massively behind on your expectations. What went wrong, you […]
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The 10 Most Exquisitely Lit Movies of All Time
Artists have always been drawn to the interplay between light and dark, both literally and metaphorically. In order to represent a subject, knowing how to use light properly can be crucial. This is especially true to movies, where well-deployed lighting can be the difference between merely a good film and a great one. Films can […]
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All 7 Andrei Tarkovsky Movies Ranked From Great To Greatest
When ranking the movies of Andrei Tarkovsky, there is one very important thing to keep in mind: every single film he made is a masterpiece. With only seven features to his name, no film by Tarkovsky ever feels like a compromise between him and meddlesome producers — even though there were many of them. Instead […]
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10 Movies You Should Watch If You Liked “The Matrix”
The Matrix is in the news again, with details that Warner Bros. are looking to expand its universe. They have a difficult path ahead, as the original film ranks as one of the most influential science-fiction movies of all time. Taking philosophical cues from both Rene Descartes and the postmodernist Jean Baudrillard, the Wachowski’s created […]