10 Great Movies Whose Stories Are Not So Good

Before the advent of the star system, the best marketing argument for a film was its plot. Did the story promise incandescent romance, heart-stopping adventure or an expedition to the most far-flung corners of the world? Then it attracted audiences without further hesitation. But the star system slightly changed the rules of the game. The […]

10 Movie Masterpieces That Can Teach You Everything About Cinema

The relatively short history of cinema makes it both challenging and exciting to study. Because film is a fairly modern art form, its repository of instructional material is naturally limited. We have no archaic, impenetrable texts to preserve under lock and key in museums, and though there are schools of film they are mostly first […]

10 Recent Films with the Potential to Achieve Cult Following

Many productions are marketed as “a cult film in the making”, and the term has come to mean something much broader to modern audiences. However, there are still many films released that certainly possess the potential to cultivate a loyal and cult audience. There are many films that could have made this list, and the […]

10 Great Movies That Look Like Paintings

There are many beautifully shot films out there where the cinematography immerses the viewer into the universe and stuns with encapsulating visuals. This list will try and honour some of those films. However, instead of focusing on overall great cinematography, this list will try and narrow it down to films that have visuals similar to […]

The 20 Greatest Femme Fatales in American Cinema

The presence of the femme fatale (or fatal woman in English) in contemporary American cinema is not as prominent now as it once was in the Golden Age. Regardless, the notion of the beautiful, empowered, and deadly woman, remains a profound one when executed well. Modern incarnations of the architype, such as Denise Richards’ seductive […]