Cinephiles know Criterion as a company specializing in film restoration and creating definitive editions of significant films. First they were curators of classic cinematic treasures on laserdisc, then DVD, and now Blu-ray. Criterion has been the respected leader in its field since the 1980s. It is considered an honor for any film to be bestowed […]
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15 Great Films That Explore Sadomasochistic Desire
“It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure.” – Marquis de Sade “The more you hurt me as you have just done, the more you fire my heart and inflame my senses.” – Leopold von Sacher-Masoch In the 19th century, Richard von Krafft-Ebing and Sigmund Freud were pioneers in the field of […]
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The 10 Best Christopher Walken Movies You Need To Watch
Having featured in more than one hundred films in a career spanning over sixty years, Christopher Walken has made a prolific and eclectic career out of playing intense and often slightly off-kilter or plain oddball characters. Born Ronald Walken on March 31st 1943, Walken started his rise to fame as a child actor, appearing in […]
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10 Great Food Movies That Are Worth Your Time
Food is the music of love, as a noted playwright once tried to say. The worship of food is an orgy for the senses and our adulation of gastronomy has only intensified over the years. Food has obsessed artists since the invention of paint – think of all those Roman murals with their ‘food equals […]
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The 15 Best Marcello Mastroianni Films You Need To Watch
Marcello Mastroianni was one of Italy’s most famous and greatest actors of film. His career spanned over six decades, appearing in well over 100 films. Acclaim for his performances have been similarly widespread, with Mastroianni being nominated for three Academy Awards, among other prestigious accolades. He has worked with many famous Italian directors such as […]
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10 Directorial Prototype Predecessors to Classic Movies
Often, tracking the natural transitions of a director, or any artist can be quite clearly defined, by the stages of their works. It isn’t at uncommon to cite specific periods and segments of a filmmaker’s output, be they determined by their nation of residency, such as Alfred Hitchcock, Luis Bunuel or Roman Polanski, or determined […]