“New Wave” was a term initially used to describe a handful of directors attached to the Cahiers Du Cinema magazine and the movies these young filmmakers were making in a period ranging from the 1950s until the 1970s. However, this term has since become synonymous with a much more diverse period in French film history. […]
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The 15 Greatest Sibling Filmmakers In Movie History
With the release of the Wachowski siblings’ latest, Jupiter Ascending, the time seems right to re-examine those sibling partnerships which have yielded some of the finest works of cinema in recent (and not so recent) years. 15. The Hughes Brothers When Boyz in the Hood was released in 1991, its director, John Singleton, made […]
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20 Famous Actors Who ‘Disappeared’ After Their Prime
Making it to the top is hard but staying there may be even harder. The ridiculous cliché ridden 1967 show biz camp classic Valley of The Dolls is a stupid, foolish film in very many ways but it does get at least one thing right: while making it to the top in “the business” is […]
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10 Strong Cinematic Links Between Ingmar Bergman and Woody Allen
From his days in ‘Take the Money and Run’ in 1969 to his recent 2014 film, ‘Magic in the Moonlight’, Woody Allen has consistently made films which make us laugh but far more than that, he has developed an appreciation for the subtlety of existential crisis and the absurdity of modern life. Apart from The […]
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The 14 Greatest Legendary Actors Who Never Won An Oscar
Not everyone can win an Oscar, and awards are usually given in the heat of the moment at the end of a year before history can really judge, but it’s sometimes ridiculous to consider the lists of people that have won, versus people that have lost. Consider this list of fourteen of the greatest actors […]
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The 18 Greatest Contemporary Actors Who Have Never Won an Oscar
We all know the Oscars are not fair, but they seem to wield so much power over popular tastes that it’s fun, and necessary to complain about the voters from time to time. Not everyone can win, of course, but when we look at a list like this, you have to wonder, why don’t those […]