In the history of film there have been a number of anni mirabili, years in which an enormous amount of quality movies were released. The great examples are 1939 (Gone With the Wind, the Wizard of Oz, Stagecoach, Ninotchka), 1960 (Psycho, L’Avventura, Breathless, La Dolce Vita), 1974 (Godfather 2, Chinatown, The Last Detail, Blazing Saddles […]
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10 Essential Films For An Introduction To Cinema du Look
French director Luc Besson’s Lucy was a massive international hit, financially and critically – though less so with the scientific community which sniffily took umbrage with the theory that 100% brain activity will turn you into a memory stick. As such it marked a return to form for Besson, who has spent the past decade or […]
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The 12 Best Winona Ryder Movies You Need To Watch
Born in Minnesota, Winona Ryder made her film debut at the age of fifteen with David Seltzer’s Lucas. However, it was not until her first collaboration with Tim Burton two years later with the comedy fantasy Beetlejuice that Ryder was first properly recognised. In Beetlejuice she played teen Goth Lydia with a wicked dress sense […]
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The 25 Best Foreign Films Based on Myth, Legend and Folklore
Myth, legend and folklore constitute the bedrock of world culture. Strange, then, that they have been so poorly served by the English-speaking cinema community. For every great film such as a Jason and the Argonauts (1963, Chaffey) or an Excalibur (1981, Boorman), there’s a Troy (2004, Petersen), a Clash of the Titans (2010, Leterrier), a […]
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The 30 Greatest Movie Performances That Didn’t Receive Oscar Nominations (2000-2009)
Award shows are mostly drawn out occasions to revere people for doing frivolous things. Acting is simply pretending to be something that you are not. Having said that, that does not mean we should overlook the terrific abilities of some performers out there. Some people have it and others do not. No matter if you […]
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Filmmaker Retrospective: The Intelligent Cinema of Christopher Nolan
Out of all the directors working in mainstream cinema today, Christopher Nolan is proving to be one of the most interesting and compelling. Born in London in 1970 and of a British-American ancestry, this is a man who always aspired to make films, starting to experiment, very much like Steven Spielberg before him, at a […]