2018 has been a rather interesting year for Korean cinema, which, despite the continuous turn towards Hollywood aesthetics and the non-stop production of crime-thrillers, managed to produce a number of interesting films, headed by the return of two of the contemporary greats, Kim Ki-duk and Lee Chang-dong. The blockbusters were here once more, but the […]
Year: 2018
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The 10 Most Influential Movies On Storytelling
Cinema is an ever-changing medium. This is certainly true regarding its technical progress, which puts in front of our eyes a concrete change in the way a movie is experienced, whether this means hearing sound on the screen for the first time, or experiencing 3D viewing. Technical innovations behind the camera let the filmmakers exploit […]
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10 Movie Classics More Relevant Now Than Ever Before
These selected films are all examples of universality in art. The themes in these films return again and again, from war to climate change, showing how history really does repeat itself. The following list is a collection of documentary and narrative feature films that exemplify repetition of humanity’s issues over time. 1. Dr. Strangelove […]
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10 Movies From 2018 That Have The Potential To Be Future Cult Favorites
2018 was a pretty strange year for movies. Like any year, though, there were good films and there were bad. But then, there were ones that split audiences… and those are the films that will be featured in this list. Films that have already managed to, or will achieve cult favourite status in the future. […]
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The 10 Best Japanese Films of 2018
This has been quite an interesting year for Japanese cinema, for a number of reasons. To begin with, “One Cut of the Dead”, a small-budget. zombie film sent ripples across the whole world with its unexpected success, both in the festival circuit and commercially, having earned more than 3 billion yen, despite having a budget […]