The difference between genius and skill can be difficult to recognize at first. Both can be used to make a great movie, but only one can be counted on to reliably repeat the results. A director with only technical, learned skill might create a masterpiece if every other contributing factor merges at just the right […]
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10 Movie Trilogies Whose Second Part Is The Best
When it comes to movie trilogies, the second part is usually the best. Not only does the success of the first film grant its sequel a healthier budget, it also offers the filmmakers a chance to improve, expand, and build on what came before. If each trilogy keeps raising the stakes with each subsequent entry, […]
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The 10 Most Studied Movies of All Time
With so many movies released in a given year, it’s hard to remember that the format is a true art form. Morphing sound and movement, and colliding music and ideas, film is truly one of the most important creations throughout time. For entertainment value and to put life itself in a microcosm, there are many […]
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10 Movie Masterpieces That Perfectly Combine Arthouse and Genre Cinema
Art house can almost be considered a film genre itself, despite it being more of a style. Of course, there are common elements found in many art house films; existential questions of one’s place in society, how film can enhance a scenario outside of acting and dialogue alone, and usually an outsider perspective on an […]
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10 Great Horror Movies That Are Over 2 Hours Long
Horror films tend to be shorter. It doesn’t matter if it’s a commercial release supported by some major studio or some independent filmmaker’s obscure arthouse film project. They just happen to be short. Who knows why. Sure, recently almost every kind of film gets to be shorter for financial reasons and to not bore general […]
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The 10 Best Last Shots in Legendary Directors’ Careers
One doesn’t require any rigorous education in the field of cinema or any long-running practice to instinctively appraise the importance of the opening and the closing shot of a film. The first must be a hook that lodges itself deeply into the spectator’s psyche, while the second is very similar to the final note of […]