Great Movies

As directors advance in their careers, they can sometimes get self indulgent or repetitive with their films. However, for some, they go down a different path. They try a new genre, a completely different style. While others continue to evolve, some just create a one-off and go back to their ways. Regardless, here are 10 […]

Seeing a film in the cinema is more than just seeing it a film on a big screen. Sound design is often built for cinema speakers and the effect isn’t quite the same when played out of a television at home. Also it’s a lot harder to get distracted in a cinema when the lights […]

Life is strange. Even the most intuitive person can’t deem themselves as a visionary who is not often perplexed by the complex machinations of life. There are times when we get tired by the random sad twists of life’s plot; we declare that ours is a sad story and always will be. Still, we don’t […]

Many films are difficult to understand or require analysis on their themes, intentions, and overall meaning. We are constantly figuring out the director’s point of view or their drive behind making the film. However, some films are just difficult to follow. We can get lost in the narrative, the rhythm or pacing of the film, […]

So in my last article I discussed films that I felt their directors were born to make. And fittingly enough I find myself with another similar task but this time with my focus being on the actors. There’s something to be said about the right casting that goes into a film. The best decisions can […]

The definition of pretentious is attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or talent than is actually possessed. In the world of film many directors and films are given this label when audiences feel the material is heavy handed, or in most cases when a director overindulges in their certain style or motifs. These so […]