2018’s Cannes Film Festival was dogged by gossip about the event’s fallout with Netflix, but this obscured a larger, more important narrative: 2018 was an embarrassment of riches for European cinema. Filmmakers on the continent have access to some of the best talent in the world. Since 2000, European film trends like New French Extremity, […]
Author: Samy Amanatullah
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10 Awesome 2018 Movies You May Have Missed
One of the easiest criticisms to make of a film is that it’s overrated. Similarly, saying a film is underrated is one of the easiest, most generic platitudes one can bestow on a movie. In a time where there’s so much competing buzz, when filmmakers and critics constantly struggle to standout, when audiences are inundated […]
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The 10 Best Bizarre Movies of 2018
When the new normal in cinema is stories about people (usually men) in tight costumes criss-crossing the universe with their superpowers, what stories can possibly be considered bizarre cinema? This is a question that is challenging audience perceptions. Comic book movies and highbrow horror now find themselves on the screens and year-end best lists that […]
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The 10 Best Indie Movies of 2018
The independent cinema of today is very different from that of previous decades. As more complex narratives move to TV and streaming, smart studio fare for mature audiences has largely disappeared. In its place is indie cinema, which is now as much a term for films that don’t involve superheroes or explosions as it is […]