Although rare; anthology films consisting of multiple acts and directors started as early as the 1930’s when vaudeville acts were cut together. Essentially these omnibus films are short films cut together and marketed as a feature film. What differentiates them from watching 90 minutes worth of short films is that they were made in conjunction […]
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25 Unexpected Treasures of The Criterion Collection
Years ago, Vanity Fair magazine began running a series of articles on film. Perhaps the most popular was “The Film Snob’s Dictionary,” a mini-series that eventually became a small bookIet contained cheerful, mirthfully malicious entries that were both real and humorous. It lampooned the fact that many film (or cinema, but never movie) fans all […]
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15 Great ‘Double Features’ That Are Worth Your Time
A double feature can be defined as two different films with similar theme, style, substance or ideas. It can consist of two twin movies from one director like The Wrestler and Black Swan or Goodfellas and Casino, where the same themes are executed with the same style—fleshing out one intriguing subject. They can be two […]
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The 15 Best Rock Documentaries of All Time
There are plenty of moving documentaries (The Fog of War, Harlan County, USA, Michael Apted’s Up series ) and plenty of fine rock ‘n’ roll films (American Graffiti, Backbeat, Almost Famous), but there are only a select number of really excellent rock ‘n’ roll documentaries. Given the built-in commercial appeal of the subjects, it’s been […]
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The 10 Greatest Filmmakers of The French New Wave
“New Wave” was a term initially used to describe a handful of directors attached to the Cahiers Du Cinema magazine and the movies these young filmmakers were making in a period ranging from the 1950s until the 1970s. However, this term has since become synonymous with a much more diverse period in French film history. […]
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10 Wes Anderson-Like Movies Not By Wes Anderson
There are many different components that make up the eccentric style of a Wes Anderson movie. The use of distinctive color patterns, perfectly symmetrical shots, and a similar menagerie of obscure actors and A-listers have all become characteristic of the visionary filmmaker. Arguably more distinct, though, is his heavy focus on character development, and the […]