20 Great Siege Movies That Are Worth Your Time

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Certainly one of the most satisfying and exciting cinematic scenarios is the siege picture. Combining fast-paced action sequences and unforeseeable circumstances, the siege motif emerges in a number of different genre categories; action, comedy, drama, horror, science fiction, you name it. As satiating as it is protracted and impassioned these films invariably target an individual […]

The 12 Best Contemporary Japanese Family Dramas

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Since the 1950s, with internationally acclaimed films like Akira Kurosawa’s “To Live”, Yasujiro Ozu’s “Tokyo Story” and Kenji Mizoguchi’s “Tales of Ugetsu”, Japanese filmmakers have been excelling in the family drama genre, one that still produces most of the country’s masterpieces. Although there have been some changes, the essential parts of the category are still […]