“Philosophical” is a word used so commonly that its definition merits frequent reinforcement. The word philosophy itself is formed from two Greek words: philo, meaning “love” and sophia meaning “wisdom”. As the love of wisdom, philosophy encompasses far more than a collection of personal opinions and intricate mental gymnastics. Asking more questions than it answers, […]
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The 10 Most Studied Movie Directors of All Time
It goes without saying that a list of only 10 directors couldn’t contain all the great directors that every student or person interested in cinema must take into account so as to have a wider knowledge about cinema, so it’s understandable that there’d discrepancies. Great directors such as Abel Gance, David W. Griffith, Sergei Eisenstein, […]
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10 Recent Movies With 100% Rotten Tomatoes Score
Rotten Tomatoes has become one of the most popular sites for film fans. As you probably already know, Rotten Tomatoes gathers film reviews from all over the world and generates scores based on the percentage of critics who liked a certain film. Rarely are there films that manage to get a 100% Rotten Tomatoes approval rating, meaning […]
Sicilian Ghost Story – VIFF 2018 Review
Newcomer Julia Jedlikowska wonderfully portrays the naive, tender, and somewhat somnambulistic teen Luna, who pines for and later will try to extricate her dreamy classmate Giuseppe (Gaetano Fernandez, also making his screen debut), in Italian directors Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza’s haunting, rhythmic and slowburning new movie, Sicilian Ghost Story. Early on in this hard-hearted […]
The Sisters Brothers – VIFF 2018 Review
French filmmaker Jacques Audiard (2009’s A Prophet, 2015’s Dheepan) may not seem the obvious choice to make the big screen adaptation of Patrick deWitt’s beloved, prize-winning 2011 historical novel about a pair bickering siblings who earn a living as hitmen in the Wild West of the 1850’s. In fact, reading deWitt’s “The Sisters Brothers”, with […]
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All 45 Matthew McConaughey Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
Matthew McConaughey had some of the most fascinating career paths in recent Hollywood history probably. After his feature film debut with a highly memorable role in “Dazed and Confused”, he rose to stardom as a leading man with his dramatic turns in films like “A Time to Kill” and “Contact”. In early 21st century, McConaughey […]