In the past few years, Australian cinema has been on a grand rise, with big movies like Mad Max: Fury Road of last year and Hacksaw Ridge this year smashing international screens and winning multiple awards throughout festivals. Despite the international spotlight of many of the films, there are many smaller and independent films that […]
Author: Polina Zelmanova
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10 Great Eastern European Movies of 2016 Worth Your Time
Eastern European cinema, particularly the post Soviet Union has brought to the world many fantastic masterpieces throughout the years. Despite 2016 being considered not the best year for a lot of reasons, this can not be said for cinematic creations of the year and particularly the cinema of Eastern Europe that have claimed multiple awards […]
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10 Great Documentaries That Put The Filmmakers’ Lives in Danger
A lot of journalists and film makers are dragged to the art of documentary making because they want to reveal some kind of truth, and in revealing this truth they always face certain risks. At times this truth can be harmless and simply informative, the biggest risk being sticking to schedule; but many times documentary […]
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The 10 Best Movies Set in a ‘1984’ Society
In 1949, George Orwell wrote a futuristic novel about the year of 1984 set in a totalitarian, dystopian state where “Big Brother is always watching you”. People’s freedom is not only restricted, but taken away altogether as they are watched through surveillance cameras every minute. Emotions, literature and art are prohibited and history books and […]
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The 10 Best Women-Directed Movies of 2016
It is 2016 and yet not too much has changed on the big scale in regards to women working in film. The movie industry is still largely dominated by the male force in behind the screen roles with women taking up only a small approximate percentage of 25. Not to say that the problem is […]
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8 Movies That Prove Shia Labeouf Is A Good Actor
“When it comes to art, it is important not to hide the madness” – Atticus Following this mentality, Shia Labeouf is a true artist indeed, despite being one of the most disliked personas in Hollywood at the moment. Starting out as a stand up comedian, he seems to have never lost his fancy for humour as […]