So yesterday a guy I know told me he saw Blowup by Antonioni again and thought the film was horribly dated. Au contraire mon frere. The film was deliberately embedded in London’s ‘mod’ culture, it’s not dated at all, it’s a period piece. Then I realized maybe he meant the pantomime performers made the film […]
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The 25 Best Movies Set in New York City
When it comes to American cinema, New York City is far and away one of the most popular settings. It is a city that has inspired a lot of filmmakers. Its cultural diversity offers writers and directors an infinite number of stories to tell, themes to explore, and gifts their cinematographers with a visage that […]
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20 Great 21st Century Movies You May Have Missed
The Best Foreign Language Film category was first introduced by the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences in 1956 and the very first winner was Federico Fellini’s La Strada, although Special/Honorary awards for foreign language films have been given since 1947, of which Vittorio De Sica’s Shoeshine was the first recipient. Since then, all […]
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15 Great Sci-fi Movies in The Criterion Collection
Discovery and imagination is as inherent in human beings as breathing, and our anticipation to experience what lies ahead has been a part of our creative endeavors as long as people have been documenting work, with elements of science fiction dating as far back as ancient Mesopotamia, ancient India, and ancient Greece. In 1818, Mary […]
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13 Great Gay Movies That Best Portray The Doom of Lovers
Being gay is like being born with a golden bell attached to your neck. A cloud of jingles is always following, always haunting your every move. There is no escape from its clangs and clatters. So, at the end, it is your choice, and your choice only, to either glide through life like a cipher […]
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The 25 Most Visually Stunning Russian Films Since 1992
Unique and stunning visuals marked Russian cinema since the earliest days. From the phantasmagories of Starevich and Protazanov, to the giddy montage days of Eisentein, Vertov, and Dovzhenko, to visual poetry of Paradjanov and Tarkovsky. Sadly, visionary visual artists in Soviet days had to deal with being told what and how to do by the […]