It’s not often that a director can lay claim to creating a subgenre on his own, yet Sergio Leone enjoyed exactly that, creating the ‘Spaghetti Western’, a down and dirty European take on the distinctly American genre, brash and loose with the tropes yet lovingly paying homage to what came before. Leone will always hold […]
Month: May 2017
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The 15 Best Animated Movies of the 21st Century (So Far)
The history of animation goes hand in hand with cinema. Since the earliest days of live-action cinema, artists and animators have produced cartoons and animated films that have captivated young audiences across the globe. Starting with hand drawn and cell based animation, the medium has gradually evolved over the decades, utilising new methods to not […]
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7 Reasons Why “The Dark Knight” Is The Best Superhero Movie of All Time
These days, everyone seems to love superhero movies. It is, along with horror films, the most popular genre, and many theorists argue that this augmentation of superhero films came because of the need for heroic figures after the 9/11. Although, it is certain that Christopher Nolan gave a new perspective on how we should see […]
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All 13 Jim Jarmusch Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
“I don’t know where I fit in. I don’t feel tied to my time.” – Jim Jarmusch Now, I have this on some authority that if you look up “cool” in the dictionary you’ll find a picture of the casually grinning, messily coiffed, silver-maned American indie filmmaker James Robert “Jim” Jarmusch (born January 22, 1953). […]
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The 20 Best Movie Endings of The 21st Century (So Far)
21st century cinema has provided some of the greatest scenes in film history; in particular, climatic ending scenes in critically acclaimed films from around the world. The following is a listing of 20 of the best final movie scenes of the century thus far. Please note that the discussion of the ending of each of […]
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The 25 Best Cult Movies of the 1970s
Part of the attraction with films designated with cult status is that they are decidedly different and much more provocative than mainstream populist fare. The cult film experience differs from conventional cinema by appealing to unique sensibilities, be it the counterculture, genre films, or niche audiences that joyfully zero in on taboo content and proscribed […]