One of the most devastating performances of the last year was Isabelle Huppert’s daring turn in Elle, by Paul Verhoeven. The French actress, already considered one of the greatest alive, delivered a career-defining performance as the victim of sexual assault who plots to get revenge on her assailant. She’s considered a frontrunner in the Best […]
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6 Reasons Why “Silence” is Martin Scorsese’s Best Movie Since “Goodfellas”
Martin Scorsese’s Silence (2016) explores the complex nature of faith through the quest of two priests (Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver) to reunite with their former mentor, Father Ferreira (Liam Neeson). Through the two hour forty-one minute run time Silence proves to be Martin Scorsese’s best film since his 1990 crime film Goodfellas. With Silence […]
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The 20 Best Movie Performances of 2016
2016 has come to a close, the Oscars are right around the corner, and major publications have gone out of their way to publish as many end-of-the-year lists as possible. This includes a number of lists pointing out the greatest performances of the year. Taste of Cinema may be late to the party, but that’s […]
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10 Movie Franchises That Ended Before They Started
Hollywood loves their franchises in this day and age of shared cinematic universes, young adult adaptations, and comic book properties. Yet, what happens when those proposed brands don’t connect with audiences and best laid plans are left in the dust? Just in recent years, a glut of dud series starters came and went without surpassing […]
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6 Reasons Why “High and Low” Is Kurosawa’s Forgotten Masterpiecce
Akira Kurosawa is best known for creating some of the greatest movies to grace the silver screen, his influence and impact on western cinema is undeniable coming in the form of remakes of his original classics. The Magnificent Seven and Star Wars all pay homage to Kurosawa’s earlier films. Best known for portraying the human […]
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4 Reasons Why “Double Indemnity” Is The Best Film Noir Ever
“Office memorandum, Walter Neff to Barton Keyes, Claims Manager. Los Angeles, July 16th, 1938. Dear Keyes: I suppose you’ll call this a confession when you hear it. I don’t like the word confession. I just want to set you right about one thing you couldn’t see, because it was smack up against your nose.” “You […]