Looking back, 2022 has been an outstanding year for cinema. Though the future of the industry remains in constant flux, and the theatrical experience has yet to fully recover from the pandemic, moviegoers were still treated with a wide-ranging assortment of titles at the multiplex that proved that cinema is alive and well. The long-gestating […]
As another calendar year draws to a close, it’s time to reflect on the very best the thriller genre had to offer in the past 12 months. Though the entertainment business has yet to fully recover from the pandemic, and the theatrical experience in itself seems to be hanging by a thread, moviegoers were still […]
Into the new millennium, many talented filmmakers have helped push the science fiction genre to new heights with thought-provoking movies that reflected the many technological advances, rapid paradigm shifts, and intimidating uncertainties of this day and age; grappling with scorching ideas about the human condition, outer space, artificial intelligence, and time travel all worth confronting. […]
It’s easy to understand why every generation of cinemagoers shells out for thriller movies that will get their hearts racing. This catchall term encompasses a great variety of subgenres, from sweeping crime epics to suspenseful psychodramas, which makes it hard to pin down what exactly falls under its vast umbrella, and even harder to round […]
Science fiction has yielded many great films over the past decades, from arthouse cult classics to mainstream blockbusters. Whereas these films continue to attract large audiences, many independent sci-fi films have garnered much less attention. This list will shine a light on the lesser-known sci-films of the past 50 years, from Japan to France. This […]
All in all, the past 22 years have been an excellent cinematic vintage that has yielded instantly-canonized masterpieces and a plethora of underrated movies that have slowly gained deeper resonance over time. Having already surveyed the very best the horror genre had to offer, we thought we’d plug the gap by checking with his not-so-distant […]