Great and admired films come along every year. Fewer stand the test of time, and even fewer ascend to the status of classics. The films listed here can be considered a few points shy of each level on account of controversy, critical drubbing, audience rejection, reevaluation in light of current trends and events, and of […]
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9 Things “Reservoir Dogs” Can Teach You About Making Your First Feature Film
Quentin Tarantino is one of the most popular directors of our time, and this result comes from his accomplishment of many extraordinary things. One of them is that he is constantly making art films, which are totally accessible to all audiences. However, as it is logical, the beginning of his career was difficult and as […]
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5 Reasons Why “They Live” Is The Orwellian “1984” of Cinema
“I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass… and I’m all out of bubble gum.” The character John Nada, played by professional wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper, announces this line, armed with a shotgun as he prepares to blast away at aliens disgusted as human beings inside a bank in John Carpenter’s film “They […]
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The 10 Greatest Movie Femme Fatales of The 21st Century
Formulas are meant to be broken. The femme fatale character type is one of the greatest examples of this, next to the lone ranger and the anti-hero. Since the dawn of film noir, seductive female characters have been the cause of twists and turns in a multitude of ways. However, film noir disappeared, and so […]
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5 Reasons Why “La haine” Is A Modern Masterpiece of French Cinema
With the heritage of 1990s riots opposing police brutality and the inequality between race and class alike still very much alive, perhaps it is shameful that the controversial issues raised in La haine remain as relevant as they are. With the title derived from the phrase in the film: “Hate breeds hated” (“La haine attire […]
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The 10 Worst Movie Casting Choices of All Time
More often than not, Hollywood gets it right when casting actors for roles. They have turned already established actors into legends by giving them that role they will always be remembered for. In other cases, they have produced some epic movies which have made superstars out of unknowns. But sometimes, something goes seriously wrong with […]