“There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion.” Evil in any form is generally perceived as ugly in nature, but the Master of the Macabre, Edgar Allan Poe, recognised that horror is far more complex than that. Today, many of the genre’s best filmmakers share Poe’s sentiment, finding beauty within the darkness […]
Month: January 2016
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The 40 Best Japanese Movies Of All Time
The Japanese cinema industry is one of the few industries that still has a huge impact on the world cinema, keeping its own brand and characteristics while adding several other genres and features that enrich their cinema even more. They didn’t show contentment and conformation to the classic; they maintain a very respectful in-view to […]
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10 Reasons Mad Max: Fury Road Is Far From a Modern Masterpiece
Mad Max: Fury Road has a 97 on Rotten Tomatoes and an 89 on Metacritic. It has won 116 awards, according to IMDB, and has been nominated for 123 – including an Oscar for Best Picture. Enough is enough. Yes, Mad Max is a fun, stylish film. No one disputes its entertainment value. But is […]
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The 20 Best Indie Movies of 2015
Fans of indie cinema have always enjoyed a fairly rich smorgasbord of styles, themes, and genres. Indie can, naturally, refer to budgetary restrictions, and can indicate an “independance” from the major studio system. Yet, for many, Indie is simply a state of mind, an outsider spirit, and a dedication to quirkiness rather than Blockbuster convention. […]
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20 Great Movies That Revolutionized Film Editing
Editing is one of the most important steps in any filmmaking process, and yet, if it is done well, it will often be ignored. Hollywood taught us that a good montage was “invisible,” impossible to notice. These 20 examples defied the idea of montage as a passive construction and instead developed techniques to make this […]
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20 Great Movies That Explore The Relationship Between Humans and Their Cities
The Industrial Revolution brought us some of the greatest changes seen in human history. Everything started to develop and accelerating toward a new order. As a consequence of those changes, the human cities stared to grow and grow in a relentless expansion that has shaped the lives of millions across the world. In today’s globalized […]