Roman Polanski’s 1968 film Rosemary’s Baby is a product of a time of not only social upheaval in the United States, but one of massive artistic upheaval as well. Based on the 1967 novel of the same name by Ira Levin, the film came about during a time when American cinema was undergoing a period […]
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6 Reasons Why “Toni Erdmann” Is The Best Foreign Language Film of 2016
Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann is one of those brilliant movies that you have to see for yourself in order to understand where all of the talk about it has been coming from – and once you do, you’ll realise what ‘the fuss’ was all about. On the surface, Toni Erdmann is a relatable story of […]
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6 Reasons Why “Paterson” Is Jim Jarmusch’s Most Poetic Movie
After seeing Paterson, it would not surprise us to know that its director, Jim Jarmusch, is a great admirer of poets. Jarmusch has admitted to being a big fan of New York poets Frank O’Hara and Josh Ashbery. Even in his own time, Jarmusch has been a writer of poetry. His films reflect this quality, […]
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10 Lessons About Love From Woody Allen Movies
If there was one person to hold up as the representative of auteur cinema in America, nobody comes close to Woody Allen. A neurotic existentialist Jew from Brooklyn, he found consolation from the banality of life through comedy. When he made films to express his irrepressible comic chops he soon found he enjoyed the process, […]
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8 Reasons Why “Seven Samurai” Is A Masterpiece of Japanese Cinema
The 1950s are considered the Golden Age of Japanese cinema. The aftermath of World War II and particularly the atomic bomb, and the subsequent American occupation left the country scarred, but filled with inspiration and eagerness to start over. One of the most iconic films of this era is Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai”, considered among […]
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7 Reasons Why “I Saw the Devil” is a Modern Masterpiece of South Korean Cinema
“I Saw the Devil” is one of the best samples (if not the best) of revenge-themed, violent, action thrillers that ever came out of South Korea, in a category with an abundance of entries. The film made its premiere in the United States at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and had a limited US theatrical […]