Though the arrival of Jean Luc-Godard’s Breathless in 1960 is an undisputed breakthrough moment in international cinema, New Wave movements do not end (or necessarily start) in France. In the days and decades following frequently cited Nouvelle Vague films like Breathless and François Truffaut’s The 400 Blows, dozens of countries have exploded onto the world […]
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7 Reasons Why “Captain Marvel” Is One of The MCU’s Most Disappointing Movies
The twenty-first film instalment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe was to be an important film in many ways. Firstly, this was to be Marvel Studios first female led superhero film, and secondly this was to be the film that finally revealed Captain Marvel – a character that audiences have been led to believe as being […]
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The 10 Best Movies Influenced By Buddhist Philosophy
Discussing Buddhism can be a tricky task; after all, the first rule of Enlightenment is: you do not talk about Enlightenment. The essence of awareness is the living of it, and the one who loudly claims to understand the nature of reality has not understood it. Still, from ancient times Buddhism has used stories to […]
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10 Movies That Would Be Better If They Were Longer
For the most part, brevity is a virtue of cinema. Being able to say something profound in the least amount of time is a great way of distilling it down to its purist essence. Many films, especially blockbusters, are bogged down with filler scenes which add nothing except minutes to the experience. Howard Hawks sums […]
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10 Great Movies To Watch If You Like Wes Anderson
What does nostalgia look like to you? Cambridge Dictionary defines nostalgia as a feeling of pleasure when musing over one’s past. A feeling complemented by just a slight tinge of sadness. It’s something universally melancholic, a peculiar sensation with the ability to surface in the most unexpectedly unremarkable of situations. From smoking a cigarette on […]
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10 Upcoming 2019 Movies That Are Doomed To Fail
2019 looks like it’s going to be full of great films, but just like with every year, there are undeniably going to be a lot of box office bombs and massive disappointments, and in this list we will be looking at 10 films that seem most likely to fall into that second category of awfulness. […]