Pulling Focus: Suspiria (1977)

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“The ultimate cocaine movie.” – Nicolas Winding Refn   Season of the witch A nightmare fairytale fantasia from start to finish, the spine-chilling 1977 masterpiece from Italian auteur Dario Argento, Suspiria remains an unassailable experience in sensory cinema. With its crazily choreographed camera movements, striking operatic visuals and knowing nods to Hollywood classics, Suspiria is […]

The 20 Best Romanian Movies of All Time

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Often overlooked, when we talk about Romanian cinema, we talk about a very underrated part of international cinema. Even if some Romanian films achieved international recognition, they were not enough to make the audiences truly interested in finding more about other works from these Romanian directors, because those praised films most often show a very […]

The 10 Best Movies Influenced by The Hollywood Golden Age

Hollywood’s “Golden Age” (spanning from the late 1920s-1960s) solidified many standards of cinematic narrative, aesthetic, cinematographic construction and performance and studio systemization. The effects of the standardization of film-making during this time still reverberate to this day, influencing the films, writings and art of today’s most celebrated filmmakers, critics and screenwriters. The hold that the […]

The 10 Best Movies With Unreliable Narrators

Unreliable narration strategies are not only a good opportunity for authors or directors to break with conventional plot patterns, they also encourage the recipient to rethink certain aspects of a book or a film. At some times this can become quite puzzling. The most common forms of unreliable narration include a narrator that is either […]

10 Best Early Sci-fi Movies You Shouldn’t Miss

Science fiction is one of today’s most popular movie genres, with its movies making up most of the year’s box office smashes. The possibilities of science fiction are what make the genre so exciting for both filmmakers and audiences alike. The futuristic intrigue resonates with viewers even more strongly than fantasy films because much of […]