We all know that moment when you sit down to watch a movie that has everyone losing their minds over and hyping up beyond belief, and then when it’s over, you’re left incredibly disappointed and thinking: wait, that’s it? That’s what everyone’s been going crazy over? Why? It’s a pretty awful moment that everyone has […]
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10 Great Movies To Watch If You Like Andrei Tarkovsky
The most famous director to ever come out of the Soviet Union, Andrei Tarkovsky has had a massive influence on both auteurist filmmakers and the science-fiction genre. Known for his long and austere takes, serious inquisitions into the nature of the human spirit and enigmatic endings, his relatively short filmography — spanning only seven features […]
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10 Great Movies That Explore The Suffering of Women
Women have always been at the forefront of films, but can be sadly overlooked. Maybe it was due to the lack of women behind the camera, the audiences, the time period, or a million other reasons. However, when this new art came about in the 20th century, women’s stories have been categorized by stereotype or […]
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10 Great Movies To Watch If You Like Stanley Kubrick
Cinema is an art form dominated primarily by auteurs – individuals who made such an impressive mark on cinema with their films, so much so that the very nature of the art form becomes less of a collaborative medium and more of a personal one. To identify the work of these individuals would be a […]
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Most Controversial Choices of Best Foreign Language Film (Part 2)
8. Mediterraneo (Raise the Red Lantern) – 1991 Sometimes its hard to second guess the rulings of the Academy. One such time came in 1991 when the foreign language film Oscar went to Italy’s entry that year, Mediterraneo. This film, which had really flown under the radar up until its win, was a sweet natured […]
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The 10 Most Controversial Choices of Oscar Best Foreign Language Film
When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded in 1928, its primary goal was to add a bit of prestige and luster to the motion picture business….the Hollywood movie business. While it is, of course, certain that those creating the organization knew that there was a world of film making outside of […]