The “official” canon of classic cinema, compiled in lists such as the AFI Top 100 or the Sight and Sound polls, can be very useful for young cinephiles making their way through cinema history.For others with more experience, it’s still inherently fun to discuss these choices, to debate about the movies that make it and […]
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The 10 Best Movies Set Inside a Cinema
Over the last few years, people have had to shutter away from one another, and find their entertainment at home on small screens. In the process, it made us realize just how much of a privilege it is to sit in a large dark room with strangers, put under the spell of the moving image. […]
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All 6 Matt Reeves Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
Matt Reeves has been having a lovely 2022. The Batman still made absurd amounts of money at the box office despite theater chains jacking up the prices. It garnered a very strong critical reception and has turned Nolan diehards’ lives upside down as they now proclaim this as the greatest Batman movie ever made. And […]
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The 15 Best Horror Movies of 2021
As always, 2021 offered up an assortment of horror movie hits. Services like Shudder allowed indie horror movies to find a home, while theatrical releases increased as society began to recover from the effects of a global pandemic. Basically, horror fans had a smorgasbord of subgenres to choose from, and this list aims to shine […]
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The 15 Best Uses of Preexisting Film Scores In Tarantino’s Films
Few directors can drop music into their films quite as deftly as Quentin Tarantino, who wields his home album collection with the expertise of Zatoichi handling his walking stick. This is the man who edited Uma Thurman dancing to Urge Overkill and slicing up to Santa Esmeralda—and Michael Madsen doing both to Stealers Wheel. Even […]
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All 22 Best Picture Winners Of The 21st Century Ranked From Worst To Best
Although the Academy is supposed to recognize the best achievements in film purely based on artistic merit, history tells us that this has seldom been the case. One look at their lengthy list of nominees and winners is telling proof of how arbitrary, conceited and inherently silly these glorified publicity stunts are. And yet, that […]