5 Reasons Why “Call Me By Your Name” Is The Most Romantic Movie of The 21st Century

They don’t make films like Call Me by Your Name anymore. Films of such bold physicality and excessive splendour are few and far between since the days of Bernardo Bertolucci and the intellectual, worldly literary adaptations typical of Merchant-Ivory films. What makes Call Me by Your Name an exceptional romantic feature is not only the […]

5 Traits of Denis Villeneuve’s Signature Filmmaking Style

The decades-spanning career of Québécois director Denis Villeneuve can be aptly described as a slow-burning firework; his stardom and popular critical renown years in the making. With beginnings in French Canadian cinema with films such as Maelström, Polytechnique and August 32nd on Earth after studying the art at Université du Québec à Montréal, Villeneuve’s works […]

The 8 Best Isabelle Adjani Movie Performances

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Upon her transition from roles in La comédie française to silver screen performances, French actress Isabelle Adjani quickly established herself as the melancholic darling of European art house cinema of the 1970s and 1980s, before crossing into the territory of historical epics in the years to follow. In what is best described as typecasting done […]