No strangers to the prestige of the 70 year-old bonanza of cinema that is the Cannes Film Festival, most filmmakers aspire to get their films open there; an aspiration that even with the amount of controversy some experimental cinema generates there, remains undimmed. Controversy has become a part of Cannes, and even the infamous booing […]
Month: May 2017
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5 Reasons Why “Blood Simple” is One of The Best Neo-Noir Films Ever
“I put my glass on the table, sat down facing it, and complained: This damned burg’s getting me. If I don’t get away soon I’ll be going blood simple like the natives… I’ve arranged a killing or two in my time, when they were necessary. But this is the first time I’ve ever got the […]
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The 10 Best Movie Couples of The 21st Century
It all started with a superhero in search of a paramour. During the preproduction phase of 2002’s “Spider-Man,” director Sam Raimi was looking for someone to play Mary Jane Watson, the copper-haired aspiring actress whose toughness and compassion make her the love of her knight in shining spandex’s life. It wasn’t going well, co-producer Grant […]
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7 Reasons Why “Dekalog” Is a Masterpiece Everyone Should See
When one makes a subject a vocation or merely an avocation, there is a danger that the individual may start feel that they pretty much know all there is to know about said subject. That danger seems to happen to those who love, study, and work in or with the film world to any great […]
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All 10 Movies From The “Star Wars” Franchise Ranked From Worst To Best
Some people watch Star Wars and see the peak cultural touchstone of their young lives. Others see Spaceballs minus the parody. Somewhere in between the casual filmgoer has been exposed in some way to the monstrous film series that is Star Wars, be it an original, prequel, or one of Disney’s new attempts at further […]
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All 13 Ang Lee Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
The most renowned Taiwanese director is considered among the greatest filmmakers of all time, in a rare occasion where an Asian director manages to be so successful in the West and particularly in Hollywood, having won two Oscars for his direction, and countless others from festivals all over the world. Ang Lee started his studies […]