The 15 Best Movies about Magic and Magicians

The-Prestige

Magic has always held an intriguing role in both fiction and real life. Stemming from legends of wizards and mystics, the concept of magic began to grow in the view of humanity, encompassing all unexplainable powers and stories. From medieval folklore to modern wizarding novels, magicians have been at the heart of the fantasy genre […]

The 15 Greatest Performances of Classic Hollywood Actors Playing Against Type

act against type

Classic Hollywood is synonymous with major star power and each star had a persona that they built up thanks in part to the studio system. Henry Fonda was America’s mouthpiece reflecting the sentiment of the common man. Cary Grant was the epitome of a suave gentleman who could woo any lady on the screen or […]

10 Great Movies Featuring Mysteriously Missing Females

Gone Girl (2014)

The term “damsel in distress” is a vapid expression to be sure, along with “femme fatale” or the more recent trope of the “manic pixie dream girl.” What these arguably sectarian euphemisms point to is cinema’s steady association and obsession with womanhood in different and distinctive modes. Certainly there have been times where film has […]

15 Mind-Blowing Films Influenced by Psychoanalysis

Michael-Fassbender-as-Brandon-in-Shame

The relationship between cinema and psychoanalysis is as old as these two institutions themselves. Psychoanalysis was invented by Sigmund Freud at the end of the 19th century, at the same time that the first films were being created by filmmakers like the Lumiere brothers, George Méliès and Thomas Edison. Freud’s first book, On Aphasia, was […]