This list gathers some of the most controversial movies of the 1980s. A time of major commercial hits and the undeniable boom of the blockbuster formula, the 80s tend to be seen as disappointing when compared with the serious and imaginative cinematographic experimentation of 70s. The case of controversial and transgressive films seems to support that […]
Month: February 2015
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Filmmaker Retrospective: The Vicious Cinema of Nicolas Winding Refn
Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, Nicolas Winding Refn is one of the most prominent filmmakers in contemporary cinema, not only in his own country, but worldwide. He has made nine feature films up to this moment, all of them written and some produced by him. In Denmark, he may only be less regarded than Lars von […]
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20 Great Movies That Make Masterful Use of Color
Back in the 1990’s there was a considerable cultural stir within the film community. Several companies, notably one owned by mogul Ted Turner, were indulging in a process called colorization. Simply put, this process took films created in black and white and added color to them (much as old post cards had once been colored). […]
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The 15 Greatest Sibling Filmmakers In Movie History
With the release of the Wachowski siblings’ latest, Jupiter Ascending, the time seems right to re-examine those sibling partnerships which have yielded some of the finest works of cinema in recent (and not so recent) years. 15. The Hughes Brothers When Boyz in the Hood was released in 1991, its director, John Singleton, made […]
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The 15 Best Non-Hollywood Sci-fi Movies of All Time
In 1968, Kubrick’s masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey pushed sci-fi movies to a higher level. Suddenly this film genre (as many people consider it to be) could be eminent and profound. There were some other attempts before 1968 to make this genre look serious, but they didn’t get massive attention at the time. Besides Stanley […]
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10 Movies That Prove Roger Deakins Is The Best Cinematographer Working Today
One of the great composers when it comes to visual story-telling, Roger Deakins has found a solid position for himself next to the greats of cinematography. Born in Devon, England, Deakins studied at the National Film School. Soon after graduation he began work in documentaries that took him around the world from Australia to Africa. […]