The Academy Awards are seriously right around the corner. As such, someone had to make a predictions list eventually. This year, like most years, seems pretty predictable. There are a few wildcards this year, but a majority of the categories have a clear frontrunner. In this list, the most likely winner will be chosen. In […]
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The 8 Most Distinct Traits of Pedro Almodóvar’s Cinema
Pedro Almodóvar has been a mainstay of Spanish cinema for the last 30+ years, emerging in the years after General Franco’s death and the country’s shift towards democracy. He has in that time period been perhaps the only Spanish director to have achieved and maintained a sustained period of commercial and critical acclaim worldwide, with […]
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The 15 Most Memorable Songs Used In Quentin Tarantino Movies
Music in films can be very manipulative. It can make all the difference to the scene it is accompanying. What could potentially have been an unremarkable scene becomes so much more due to the fantastic music in the background. Although composers and artists are the ones who create the actual music, it is the filmmaker […]
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15 Entertaining DVD Commentaries Every Film Fan Must Listen To
Those who’ve not given up on physical media know that the most prized supplement feature of a DVD/blu-ray is the commentary track. While behind the scenes documentaries can be very interesting and gag reels hilarious, you never quite know what you’re going to get with an audio commentary track. They can be fascinating to listen […]
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The 10 Greatest Femmes Fatales in Film Noir
Film noir, flourishing in America throughout the 1940’s and 1950’s, is one of the most disturbing of movie genres – is it, in the first place, a distinct genre at all? Or a subgenre of crime movies, a movement or a visual style – this is still an ongoing debate among film critics and film […]
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The 10 Most Distinct Traits of Takeshi Kitano’s Cinema
Takeshi Kitano has built a cinematic career as diverse and rich as his personality. Starting as a stage comedian, back in the seventies, the multifaceted artist slowly and steadily established his charismatic persona in Japan. Spreading his humour through the television, he was recognised as one of the country’s most prominent comedians long before entering […]