Comparing works of art is an often self-defeating endeavour, and yet it is inherently compulsive when it comes to film. Most critics compile a list of the movies which they have most appreciated in ascending order on any given year, and the Academy Awards – arguably the most universally recognised seal of approval for any […]
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The 16 Best Movies About Female Mental Illness
Understanding the mind has never been easy. When an ailment is not psychically tangible, it is easy to dismiss. This is especially true when you try to understand the minds of a population of individuals, who, until the last 100 years or so, were supposed to be seen rather than heard. Ever since the genesis […]
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Filmmaker Retrospective: The Idiosyncratic Cinema of Wes Anderson
The penultimate scene in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, represents what audiences feel when they look on the screen, and see the beautiful visual perfection of fusion of a specifically chosen palette of colours, whilst hearing Jeff Goldblum saying “That’s him Klaus” but instead of referring to the shark, he is referring to Wes […]
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The 12 Most Visually Stunning Black and White Films of The 21st Century
The amount of feature films shot in black and white has overwhelmingly declined since the 1960s, being replaced by a quick growing ratio of those shot in color. From that moment on, monochromatic photography or any kind of technique that goes against digital development has been used for effect, or sometimes cost. Either it being […]
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25 Great Movies That Best Capture The 21st Century
Rocked by terrorism, shifting cultures and morals, economic turmoil, and rapid technological change, the world has changed a lot since 2000 and stands wholly apart from the 20th century. Each and every year directors are capturing life as it is in the moment through a variety of lenses. Their scopes are big and small and […]
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The 10 Best Edward Norton Movie Performances
Edward Norton was born in Boston in 1969. He first became widely known to the film world and the public upon his debut in Primal Fear (1996) for which he was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award. In fact Norton has been nominated for three Academy Awards, also for American History X (1998) […]