Cate Blanchett, born in Melbourne, Australia in 1969, became a star in her native Australia almost as soon as she graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in 1992. She starred in several stage plays and television shows before making her first film in 1997. As early as 1998, she was seen as a […]
Month: January 2015
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The 15 Best Surrealist Movies of The 21st Century
“Surrealism, then, neither aims to subvert realism, as does the fantastic, nor does it try to transcend it. It looks for different means by which to explore reality itself.” ― Michael Richardson Surrealism is one of the most influential cultural movements of 20th Century. It is a method of art, by means of which, artists […]
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20 Great Genre Movies from 2014 You Might Have Missed
2014 saw a terrific array of popular sci-fi, horror, dark-comedy and thriller films, from Interstellar to Nightcrawler to The Babadook to Gone Girl. This list aims to shed some light on twenty films which perhaps were overlooked by audiences or did not garner the critical acclaim they may have justly deserved. What titles may you […]
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20 Great Movies That Had Major Influences On Film Noir
In recent decades both film scholars and fans of vintage cinema have championed two unique film movements. One of these is the so-called “pre-code” school of films, pictures created before the censorship guidelines caused movies to become much more circumspect. The other movement, which has been of great public interest much longer than “pre-code”, would […]
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16 Creepy Grande Dame Guignol Horror Films to Freak You Out
Popularly referred to as “hagsploitation” or “psycho-biddy” cinema, the genre of the Grande Dame Guignol was born, unintentionally, in 1962 by horror film director Robert Aldrich. After his sensational hit, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, starring screen legends Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, a string of “older women in peril” films rushed into production, […]
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The 10 Best Heist Movies of All Time
Heists are always interesting to watch onscreen, which is probably why Hollywood likes to make so many movies involving them. It’s always a great rush to see how they pull off the heist, and run away with the cash in hand and the girl underneath the arm. Yet, some of the very best heist movies […]