Unlike movie openings, movie endings are always the most important and mesmerizing part of a film. It lifts the film to a new level and gives the audiences something to digest afterwards. Sometimes we can recall the ending scene in a clear image even we forget what the film is about. Two weeks ago we […]
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The 15 Greatest Movie Performances That Didn’t Receive Oscar Nominations (2010-2014)
We love movies and all those talented folks who help create the wonderful worlds we can momentarily inhabit. So naturally film audiences love award shows devoted to honoring the best of the best. How many times have audiences tuned in to check out the academy award nominations being announced only to come away feeling someone […]
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The 20 Greatest Female Performances in The Films of Woody Allen
Picture by Thomas Fluharty When the dust settles and people look back on the career of Woody Allen, no doubt there will be more than a couple divides. On one hand there will be the people who renounce him unequivocally for what they have been led to believe about his personal life, tabloid shaming and questionable […]
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The 10 Best TV Episodes Directed By Famous Modern Filmmakers
Recently, there has been this great migration from the big screen to the small screen. Actors like Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson had a pretty bright time in the international spotlight with this year’s True Detective success. Steven Soderbergh directed a whole series this summer: The Knick, which aired on Cinemax. It’s like the lines […]
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Classic Retrospective: The 10 Films of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s “The Decalogue”
Krzysztof Kieslowski had his most ambitious cinematic idea in 1988. And in December 1989 it became reality. An epic ten-hour production, resulting in ten films about the Ten Commandments. He called it “The Decalogue”. On paper it looked unlikely that The Decalogue would reach even the most modest audience. Faced with distribution problems from day […]
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The 20 Greatest Movie Opening Scenes In Film History
Opening a film in a great way isn’t always the toughest thing to do in filmmaking, you can even argue that it’s not even the most important thing, many directors like their story to unfold slowly. It’s not always necessary to grab audiences’ throats from the very beginning, what an opening scene should do is giving […]