There are many films about or concerning religious cults, their leaders and more often than not – their demise as a group. The word ‘cult’ can be taken in many different ways, so these films are about different religious groups that have strayed from the ‘norms of society’, with leaders that have inflicted abuse, discomfort […]
Month: May 2014
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12 Essential Pedro Almodóvar Films You Need To Watch
Spain has a variety of unique filmmakers, but very few have resonated as profusely in the international film market as Pedro Almodóvar has. With 19 films under his belt, as well as awards from Cannes, Venice, and the Oscars, Almodóvar has crafted a reputation that is evoked by his often-used tagline: “A film by Almodóvar.” […]
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The 15 Greatest Actors Turned Directors In Hollywood History
It’s an actor’s job to occupy the body of another person. To become so emotionally connected to the character that they’re pretending to be, that it’s difficult to discern where they end and the character begins. It’s regular practice for some actors to insist that the cast and crew refer to them, on camera and off, not by […]
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25 Of The Best Camp Films In Cinema History
Camp, as Susan Sontag noted, is an aesthetic sensibility. It is more complex than a “subjective” look because it is a codified way of looking. It appreciates the artificiality of art, inverts the aesthetics of beauty, and strips the work of its political/social/cultural context. My adoration of camp is not something that I have learned, […]
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15 Of The Most Profound Director-On-Director Influences
During the 90s, with the massification of the so-called post-modern cinema, filmmakers made constant references to their cinematic idols in their own films; suddenly you could see everything from simple homages to blatant copies of style and scene in almost all of the films created by certain directors. Some of these modern day directors went […]
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5 Ways Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla Succeeded And 5 Ways It Should Have Been Better
With the inception of Gojira in 1954, the world was introduced to one of; If not the most iconic film monster of all time, and with that we were given a creature that represented the sheer terror and destruction of the god-like power put forth by the American atom bomb that leveled Hiroshima. Flash forward […]