One common narrative about present-day mainstream (US) cinema is that it is too fast and shallow. The average shot-length of a Hollywood action-film is around 2 seconds. There is no time allotted to let the mind rest, it’s all constant action; fast editing, short shots, loud music and a lot of special effects. Now the […]
Author: Pyke Haans
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10 Great Movies With Morally Ambiguous Protagonists
Morally ambiguous protagonists have been a staple in stories and films. It is easy to see why: it’s interesting to follow a person whose morals differ from the norm. Cinema, as an art-form well-suited for putting the viewer in a whole different world, has thus used protagonists with rather interesting morals with great success across […]
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10 Great European Horror Movies You May Have Never Seen
Europe and horror go a long way. Already in the 1920’s we see the German Expressionist movement, which is responsible for such classics as ‘Nosferatu’, ‘The Golem’ or ‘Dr Caligari’. From there on out horror was there to stay and occasionally flair up; like the Giallo films from Italy and the New French Extremity starting […]
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10 Forgotten Movie Masterpieces of World Cinema
World cinema is somewhat hard to define as a term. Usually it has the following components: it is not a Hollywood production, it is often not English spoken (but not by definition), and the term carries a feeling of ‘art-house’ sensibilities. It can be a bit of an Anglo-centric term. Most people associate ‘world cinema’ […]
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10 Great Thriller Movies You May Have Never Seen
A thriller is a film made to excite. A thriller wants to elicit responses like surprise, suspense and anxiety. The genre therefore relies on the experiential part of films. A good thriller creates an intense experience for the watcher, it must leave them on the edge of their seat. To do this filmmakers have come […]
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10 Awesome Movies By Great Directors You’ve Probably Never Seen
Even the greatest and most well-known directors have created movies that fly under the radar, for one reason or another. Sometimes they simply made a movie in their home-country before they became big abroad, or they put together a film with little to no funds before their career got started. Sometimes a smaller movie simply […]