The first three minutes of his film Carne included the real slitting of a horse’s neck, real images of child-birth and a young girl on a rocking horse which later becomes ingrained in a surreal fantasy of his characters desire for incestual sex with her. He also included his own masturbating whilst on cocaine in […]
Certainly part of the attraction to crime films come from the exciting, often thrilling audacity of the antagonist, the lengths they will go to and the often barbaric extremes of the vileness they commit. And for genre fans often the more upsetting and outright shocking, the more memorable and rewarding the overall experience. The films […]
The movie title is the first thing that attracts viewers. It can give a hint on what the movie is about or give the plot of the film right away. Generally, studios base the movie’s advertisement campaign on the title. Thus the title may, as well, be a marketing tool. But some movie titles blatantly […]
Are we living in a new golden age for film? Yes, the mainstream, for the most part, has backed down into franchises and sequels, but the overall scope of film has largely seen an influx of bright talent. In our modern age where interconnectivity is broadening our viewing habits, we’re now able to discover treasures […]
We are nearly three months into 2019 and we’re still not done discovering hidden gems from the last year. 2018 wasn’t the best year for great films which were also popular. It’s enough to look at this year’s Academy Awards to see that, with a few exceptions, the best films of 2018 were not necessarily […]
Once again the Academy Awards have ignored and mistreated some great movies that have been released over the last year. Here is a list of 10 outstanding movies that didn’t received any single Oscar nomination this year. 10. Mandy Directed by Panos Cosmatos, “Mandy” is a psychedelic story of blood and violence. Being a […]