The term ‘Folk’ tends to be seen as describing, historically, a form of traditionalism in a country’s culture and especially in a country’s rural culture which has not been affected by modernity to the same degrees as its metropolitan counterparts. Every Culture in the world has started out with its different ‘folk’ customs and beliefs, […]
Stone Cold Masterpieces: Harold And Maude (1971)
Once in a while, a film comes along that affects the viewer on a deep and emotional level, while it can also leave others completely cold. The 1971 Hal Ashby film “Harold And Maude” is one of those ‘crazy diamonds’. The original black comedy about suicide, it is, in fact, an incredibly positive, joyous and […]
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10 Essential Marilyn Monroe Films You Need To Watch
There will never be another like Marilyn Monroe. Born Norma Jeane Mortenson in 1926, Marilyn started her career modelling, followed with tiny, often not speaking parts, in films for 20th Century Fox and Columbia Pictures. But it wasn’t until her appearance in John Huston’s The Asphalt Jungle in 1950 for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer that people started to […]
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12 Essential François Truffaut Films You Need to Watch
Thirty years after his death, Francois Truffaut remains one of the most respected and celebrated innovators of world cinema. A major force of the French New Wave movement, Truffaut was never afraid to take risks in his work, either artistically or politically. In the spirit of his fellow defiant New Wave colleagues, Truffaut endowed cinema […]
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The 25 Best Films of The South Korean New Wave
The South Korean New Wave began in 1998 when, for the first time, nine home-grown films made it into the top 20 at the South Korean box office. The release of Shiri in 1999 put the South Korean New Wave on the map by becoming the biggest box-office success in South Korean film history with […]