Public speaking is not just a skill, it is an art form, one that very few can master. For most, it is a source for anxiety. The sight of a large crowd and all the attention on one person can make even the most confident individual turn into a stuttering mess. However, when done correctly, […]
Other Lists
- Features
- ...
Top 10 Movie Roles You Can’t Imagine Anyone Else In
There are many films that shouldn’t have been remade, and the backlash many of them received came from their old fanbase. Nostalgia is a tricky market. Do it right and it’s big bucks. Do it wrong and you’ll piss off a lot of people. Once you grow accustomed to character, it’s like having an old […]
- Features
- ...
10 Reasons Why “Arrival” Is The Best Sci-Fi Film Of The Decade
Accomplished Québécois filmmaker Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi follow-up to 2015’s Sicario, Arrival, may well be my favorite film of 2016. It’s an ecstatic and otherworldly experience, extraordinarily romantic, deeply moving, and filled with buoyancy, and wonder. Arrival is also something of a weepie––though importantly it earns its tears in an honest manner, there’s no emotional blackmail […]
- Features
- ...
The 30 Best Uses of Close-Up In Cinema History
The close-up is one of the most known and recognizable techniques cinema has to offer. The name refers to every shot that focuses on a person or a object by framing it closer than it is usual. The subject of this list are the best close-ups of faces, which of all the possible uses of […]
- Features
- ...
5 Reasons Why “Watchmen” Is A Masterpiece of The Genre
In 2007, director Zack Snyder took on the task of adapting Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons magnum opus “Watchmen”. Famous for revolutionizing DC Comics, “Watchmen” had had a troubled history making it to the big screen, but in 2009 was finally released to the public. The movie opened up to polarizing reviews, with some critics […]
- Features
- ...
7 Reasons Why “The Neon Demon” Is A Huge Disappointment
Nicholas Winding Refn is a director with a very fixed vision. Some people will inevitably be in awe of it. Others may reject it as ‘style over substance’. Refn’s most recent film, The Neon Demon, is an attempted examination of the modelling scene in L.A. While this has certainly been done before, Refn calls upon […]