Marcello Mastroianni was one of Italy’s most famous and greatest actors of film. His career spanned over six decades, appearing in well over 100 films. Acclaim for his performances have been similarly widespread, with Mastroianni being nominated for three Academy Awards, among other prestigious accolades. He has worked with many famous Italian directors such as […]
Month: April 2015
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10 Directorial Prototype Predecessors to Classic Movies
Often, tracking the natural transitions of a director, or any artist can be quite clearly defined, by the stages of their works. It isn’t at uncommon to cite specific periods and segments of a filmmaker’s output, be they determined by their nation of residency, such as Alfred Hitchcock, Luis Bunuel or Roman Polanski, or determined […]
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20 Influential Silent Films Every Movie Buff Should See
In the early days of cinema, filmmakers were still finding their footing. The still camera was still a relatively new invention, let alone the motion picture camera. Understandably, a lot of people were hesitant and confused about its potential powers. Thomas Edison, for example, never saw the artistic power it contained, and believed cinema would […]
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Filmmaker Retrospective: The Tragicomic Cinema of Aki Kaurismäki
To think about Finnish Cinema without the name Aki Kaurismäki coming to mind is almost impossible. Together with his brother Mika, Aki has brought film in Finland ever more notoriety. Personality dictates his camera movement and plotlines, while his writing is as sharp and no-nonsense as it could be. The constant tones of emotional opacity […]
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10 Great Horror Movies Unfairly Rated Lower than 7.0 on IMDB
It’s a late Friday evening, you’re just settling in after a week of heavy work, and you don’t feel like going out. Why not settle in with a nice horror movie? Ponder the twisted minds that come up with the eerie, atmospheric world with the demons and the slashers and…wait, what was that sound? Oh […]
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The 10 Best Black and White Films of The 1990s
The 1990s were a decade of money, mega-spending and special effects, but it was also the time for different approaches opposing to this paradigm. The digital revolution led to experimentation in digital-video films and imagery, aided by famous actors and a boost in eccentricity. Some filmmakers, such as the ones on this list, were an […]